OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE!

Primary Election on August 48,

Missile Talks
Include Israel

Washington (JTA) — The
Bush administration has re-
versed course and decided to
include Israel in planned
talks on a worldwide system
of ballistic missile defense,
to the relief of pro-Israel ad-
vocates.
"It is our hope and expec-
tation that Israel will par-
ticipate fully in this in-
itiative" on "international
cooperation on global
defenses," wrote Secretary
of State James Baker in a
recent letter to Robert Lif-
ton, president of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress.
Mr. Lifton had protested
the exclusion of Israel from
U.S.- sponsored talks to in-
clude NATO allies,
Australia, Japan and South
Korea.
State Department and
Pentagon representatives
said they could offer no ex-
planation for the original
omission of Israel.
But other sources say it
was another example of the
administration's insensitivi-
ty to Israel's security needs
as well as an apparent
fallout over unsubstantiated
allegations that Israel has
shared Patriot missile
technology with China.
They also said it may have
been an effort on the ad-
ministration's part to avoid
jeopardizing the fragile
Arab- Israeli peace talks.
U.S. Rep. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.,
a member of the Armed Ser-
vices Committee, had also
challenged Israel's exclusion
from the talks. In a letter to
Mr. Baker, he wrote, "The
direct threat to Israel from
attacks by ballistic missiles
is far greater than any other
nation on earth.
"As
the only democratic
.
friend of the United States
that has suffered unprovok-
ed, deadly attacks from
Third World ballistic mis-
siles, it is very important
that the administration in-
clude Israel" in the talks,
wrote Mr. Kyl.
In his letter, Mr. Kyl noted
that the original goal of the
Strategic Defense Initiative
(SDI) was to explore " 'a
ballistic missile defense
system for the U.S. and its
allies' and Israel was never
singled out in those reports
as a non-ally." Therefore, he
argued, there was no reason
° to exclude it.
The global defense in-
itiative was given a boost
this week when President
George Bush and Russian
President Boris Yeltsin
pledged cooperation.

Every U.S. citizen has a responsibility to par-
ticipate in the future of our country by voting
on August 4. Michigan will be holding a
statewide primary that day.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO TAKE PART

In order to vote in the Primary,
you must register to vote by July 7

You can register at any Secretary of State office,
county, city, or township clerk office.

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If you want more information about candidates and their
views, attend the free community-wide forum at 7:00 p.m.
on July 21 at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt
in Farmington Hills. Candidates for the 11th congressional
district, and the 39th and 40th state legislative districts, will
answer your questions about the issues facing all of us.

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