bruce m. weiss Z.: THE Jewelers Specials Daily 26325 Twelve Mile Rd. they were subject to intense pressure by the American of- ficials they met to abandon the project on grounds that Israel has neither the money nor the technical ability to build the plane. The main American argu- ment against the Lavi is its ex- cessive cost per unit. But Amer- ican cost calculations greatly ex- ceed those of Israeli experts. The U.S. has a direct stake in the plane because it is financing the project to a large degree and because the Lavi will be powered by American-made Pratt and Whitney engines. Haaretz quoted a senior Defense Min- istry official as saying the Reagan administration has taken no formal decision to discontinue the Lavi but would be very pleased if Israel decided to do so on its own. ml Aviv (JTA) — The escal- ating debate between Israel and the U.S. over the Lavi, Israel's second generation jet fighter plane scheduled for its first test flights next September, focused last week on the number of jobs that would be lost if the project :s abandoned. The U.S., which is paying for most of the development and production costs, has been urg- ing Israel to drop the Lavi, main- ly on grounds that it is too ex- pensive. The Israelis dispute the American cost. estimates. De- fense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said in a radio interview that Israel stands by its decision to develop and produce the plane but is willing to hear alternative proposals from the Americans. Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe Levy has taken a similar position. But executives of Israel Avia- tion Industries (IAI), manufac- turer of the Lavi, warned that abandonment of the project would mean the dismissal of be- tween 3,000 to 4,000 engineers. The Americans have promised that all of them would find jobs in high-tech research and en- gineering in connection with the Reagan Administration's Strat- egic Defense Initiative (SDI), the "Star Wars" program with which Israel has agreed to cooperate. According to Israeli officials, most of the engineers would probably leave Israel for the U.S. where the knowledge and exper- tise gained from the Lavi pro- gram would bring them higher paying jobs than they had in Israel. Meanwhile, a multi-party Knesset delegation just re- turned from the U.S. reported Rabin has indicated that Israel is determined to build the plane but is willing to hear American alternative proposals, the newspaper Al Hamishmar reported. "They (the Americans) are not talking about discontinu- ing financial aid for the project (but) Israel is open to proposals and is willing to examine them, provided there is no delay in the plane's development in the meantime," Rabin was quoted as saying in advance of an inter- view to be published in Al Hamishmar. Rabin disclosed that the U.S. is now seeking to present Israel with alternatives to the Lavi. "When alternatives are in ques- tion, it is not the F-20 (an American-built jet) but a com- bination of an American plat- form and Israeli avionics," Rabin was quoted as saying. Behind Gabe's Fruits In The Mayfair Shops CATS TORONTO THEATRE WEEKEND ALL WEEKENDS THRU SEPTEMBER fr. 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