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FEBRUARY 1, 1985
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Israel Keeps U.S.
Aid Options Open
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Rabin ties aid request to
future U.S. decisions on
Arab arms.
Washington (JTA) — Israel De-
fense Minister Yitzhak Rabin asserted
Wednesday that while Israel and the
Reagan Administration "basically
reached an agreement" that U.S. mili-
tary aid in 1986 will be increased to
$1.8 billion, Israel would seek more if
the United States decides to provide
arms to the Arab states.
Rabin's remarks came at a press
conference after the White House offi-
cially announced the figure for the
1986 appropriation, all of it a grant,
which is $400 million more than Israel
is receiving this year, but $300 million
less than Israel requested.
The Israeli Defense Minister, who
met with President Reagan at the
White House, said that the Adminis-
tration had not mentioned to him any
plan for providing arms to such coun-
tries as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. He
said he did not discuss this issue spec-
fically except to repeat the position of
every government of Israel that Israel
opposes any sale of arms to Arab coun-
tries that consider themselves in a
state of war with Israel.
Rabin said Israel "appreciates"
the U.S. increase and indicated that it
would not seek to have the amount
raised by Congress unless new
weapons are sold to the Arabs. He
stressed that most of the money is
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spent in the U.S. for the purchase of
arms and only $200 million will be
used in Israel for the development of
the Lavie fighter plane.
Rabin said that he found in his
three days in Washington "under-
standing and readiness to support Is-
rael in this crucial period of our life"
both in the Administration and in
Congress. On Israel's request for in-
creased economic aid, Rabin said there
were no "threats" or "pressure" from
the United States and that only the
United States wanted to be sure that
the Israeli government and people
were "serious" about solving their
economic problems.
Asked about the overall peace
process, Rabin said that a "timetable"
cannot be set for achieving peace be-
cause it is necessary to "create oppor-
tunities for achieving the expansion of
the peace process." He stressed that
peace cannot be imposed either by Is-
rael on the Arabs, by the Arabs on
Israel, nor by outside powers on the
region, but requires a decision by the
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