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September 09, 1994 - Image 54

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1994-09-09

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Biggest Arms Fight
Since AWACS?

Pro-Israel forces are trying to
avert what could be the biggest
fight over an arms sale deal since
the 1981 sale of AWACS to Sau-
di Arabia. The issue involves a
recent Commerce Department
decision granting a preliminary
license for a U.S.-Saudi joint ven-
ture designed to help the Saud-
is launch an advanced
photo-imagery satellite. That
came after administration offi-
cials reportedly nixed the outright
sale of an advanced satellite to
the Riyadh government.
If the de;a1 flies, it would be the
first time an Arab nation has
been given access to a technolo-
gy that can be used for a variety
of environmental, agricultural
and scientific functions, but also
for military purposes.
"The question involves exact-
ly how advanced the technology
is that we might allow them to
acquire," said a pro-Israel activist.

At stake is the satellite's abil-
ity to accurately pick out small
objects on the ground and
whether it will be able to distin-
guish between Israeli tanks and
trucks — a capability that could
undercut Israel's current military
edge.
There are also concerns that a
proposed "downlink" capability
would make it easy for the Saud-
is to feed satellite images to oth-
er nations in the region, including
Syria.
Pro-Israel forces do not neces-
sarily want to force Commerce to
scrap the sale, which might make
the Saudis turn to France. But
they do want safeguards built
into any satellite deal and more
involvement by the Department
of Defense and the intelligence
community — both of which re-
portedly have major qualms
about the Saudi deal.

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could actually disrupt the nego-
tiations. "The point we want to
make is, don't tie the president's
hands with all kinds of congres-
sional initiatives," said Gail
Pressberg, APN's Washington di-
rector. "We want members to un-
derstand that the administration
and the Israeli government are
working together very closely on
these issues."
That is a direct response to
conservative groups that have
pushed through amendments de-
signed to tighten the screws on
the PLO—a strategy Israeli offi-
cials see as a thinly disguised at-
tempt to limit American options
in the peace process.

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It's an old debate: why is so much
Jewish political activity so dis-
tinctly un-Jewish? A Washing-
ton rabbi and longtime activist
thinks he has a solution. Rabbi
Sidney Schwarz, president of the
Washington Institute for Jewish
Leadership and Values, has re-
cently completed a comprehen-
sive Jewish civics curriculum for
young people.
The curriculum is getting a
test run in selected cities around
the country. He hopes his innov-
ative material will eventually find
its way into Sunday schools,
youth groups and Jewish day
schools.

Rabbi Schwarz's efforts were
the product of his belief that Jew-
ish civic advocacy and Judaism
should not be separated.
"Unlike many Jewish educa-
tors who see American secular-
ism as competition," he said, "our
view is that American Jews are
well integrated into America.
You're not going to win on the is-
sue of identity by trying to shut
off the secular world."
Instead, Rabbi Schwarz's pro-
gram strives to teach an ap-
proach to civic life that is firmly
anchored in Jewish learning.
"The first part of the curriculum
is an effort to build a case for

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