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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1992

Air Force Commander
Regrets Criticism

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The
outgoing commander of
Israel's air force, Maj. Gen.
Avihu Bin-Nun, has
apologized publicly for
sharply criticizing govern-
ment decision-making on
defense matters.
Mr. Bin-Nun attacked the
government's indecisiveness
on defense issues in an as-
yet-unpublished interview
with the monthly air force
journal, excerpts of which
were printed by the local
press.
One example he cited, ac-
cording to the New York
Times, was the last-minute
cancellation of air strikes
that had been ordered
against Iraq in response to
its Scud missile attacks on
Israel during the Persian
Gulf War.
Mr. Bin-Nun hinted that
Israel's policy of restraint
was its own decision,,rather
than a surrender to U.S.
pressure in order to preserve
Arab membership in the co-
alition against Iraq.
The Israeli media concen-
trated on the upbraiding
given Mr. Bin- Nun, a much-
decorated 52-year-old former
fighter pilot, by the Israel
Defense Force chief of staff,
Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak.
Mr. Barak accused him of
damaging relations between
the military and political es-
tablishments in Israel,
which is not tolerated in an
active duty officer.
A statement issued by the
IDF indicated that Mr. Bin-
Nun might have been
dismissed on the spot were
he not due to retire shortly.
In those circumstances, his
apology was accepted
without "additional steps,"
the statement said.
The article is scheduled for
publication in an edition of
the air force monthly that
will appear after the general
doffs his uniform. It is, in
fact, his valedictory.
Mr. Bin-Nun observed in
his letter of apology that
"the things that were said
should not be uttered by a
uniformed officer."
He said he "had no inten-
tions of offending anyone"
and charged that "omissions
made in the excerpted text
made the remarks seem har-
sher than they really were."
He also accused the media
of taking his statements out
of context. But he did not
retract what was published.
Mr. Bin-Nun charged that
the decision-making pro-
cesses in Israel are "not
clear enough or orderly

enough. In the fields with
which I am familiar, there
isn't enough proper govern-
ment order. Too many deci-
sions are taken late and
there are decisions which
are never taken," he said.
"The Israeli army doesn't
receive policy directives
from the defense viewpoint.
Without them, chaos is cre-
ated. We know the scenario:
A year after starting a big
project, they come and say
we haven't the budget," Mr.
Bin-Nun said.
He referred to a decision in
1987 to scrap the Lavi, an
Israeli-built jet fighter
plane, after investing seven
years and $1.5 billion in its
design and construction of
prototypes.
The Lavi, however, was fi-
nanced by U.S. military
grants and was abandoned
under U.S. pressure, in favor
of purchasing more
U.S.-made combat aircraft.
The most sensational
aspect of Mr. Bin-Nun's arti-
cle was his claim that the
United States was prepared
to allow Israel to retaliate
for the Iraqi Scud attacks,
which it absorbed with con-
siderable property damage
but no loss of life.
According to the air force
commander, there was an
American "contingency
plan" to clear the air space
over Iraq to permit Israeli
jets to attack without en-
countering U.S. fighter air-
craft.
In Washington, the Pen-
tagon said it was unaware of
such a plan.
Meanwhile, Mr. Barak has
ordered an immediate ban
on all media appearances by
the outgoing air force chief
and censorship of all air
force publications. Publica-
tions of other branches of the
armed services have long
been subject to censorship.

German Church
Purges Texts

Bonn (JTA) — The Protes-
tant church in Germany has
acknowledged that anti-
Jewish passages still exist in
its texts and is determined to
purge them, the church's
central organization, EKD,
announced in Hanover last
week.
A 60-page study published
by the EKD concluded that
all texts must be screened
anew for anti-Jewish bias.
An effort undertaken in
1975 apparently fell short of
its goal.

