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defeating any likely combination of
conventionally armed adversaries.” This
is known as Israel’s Qualitative Military
Edge (QME).
It was simple once — Arab armies
were Soviet-equipped and trained. But
the world has changed.
On the plus side, Jordan joined Egypt
in making peace with Israel, and the
Soviet Union disappeared. On the other
hand, the U.S. has been selling arms and
equipment to Arab states that maintain
a state of war with Israel. Israel still
receives more cutting-edge technol-
ogy, but at some point, the quantity of
oil-financed Arab purchases can tip the
quality scales. Saudi Arabia spent $9.3
billion on U.S. weapons last year.
To be fair, Israel understands Saudi
purchases are to address the war in
Yemen and the larger conflict with Iran,
not to aim against Israel. Israeli-Saudi
relations have thawed, at least temporar-
ily, but other threats, some conventional,
some not, have increased.
ISIS, Hamas and Hezbollah are what
former IDF Chief of Intelligence Amos
Yadlin calls “substate actors” — terror-
ist organizations that have attributes of
statehood, such as territory, populations,
etc. Syria remains in a state of war with
Israel and, as the civil war continues,
Iran and Hezbollah have forces and
weapons close to the Golan Heights. Iran
is only a decade away, if that, from the
freedom to openly pursue its nuclear
capability as the JCPOA ends.
It was the release of hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars by the U.S. to the Islamic
Republic, destined to improve and
enhance Iranian military capabilities,
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which added urgency to Israel’s request
for missile defense and other capabilities.
The U.S., then, is on both sides of
Israel’s security conundrum.
On one hand, U.S.-Israel security
cooperation is embodied in QME joint
R&D on missile technology, joint train-
ing and exercises (most recently, a joint
missile defense exercise in Israel) and
Israel’s new diplomatic mission to NATO
Headquarters.
But on the other hand, having to
spend all the money on U.S. procure-
ment, U.S. arms sales to countries still in
a state of war with Israel, the transfer of
hundreds of millions of dollars to Iran
and removing Congress from its pivotal
role as a security partner for Israel are all
positions that clearly express administra-
tion weariness and irritation with Israel.
Israel, of course, does not have to sign.
There is a new administration coming,
and no doubt Israel can manage evolving
bilateral relations with the U.S. under
either party. There is, however, some-
thing to be said for the reassurance of a
10-year American commitment, even if
the current terms are not ideal.
On balance, Israel is a strong, accom-
plished, and increasingly capable coun-
try with both military and civilian assets
sought by countries around the world. It
finds itself in a vastly improved interna-
tional situation even as its neighborhood
declines. It would have been in the larger
interest of the United States to enhance
those capabilities rather than trying to
constrain them.
*
Shoshana Bryen is an analyst of U.S. defense policy
and Middle East affairs and senior director of the
Jewish Policy Center where this essay was originally
published.
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Thank you for your articles and edito-
rial (Sept. 1, pages 8, 10 and 14) on
the Jewish Community Center and
the one-year requiem for its Jimmy
Prentis Morris Building.
While Jewish Federation and JCC
officials continue to ponder the fate
and finances of the two buildings, I
wonder why the disparity in funding
between Jewish and non-Jewish JCC
members continues to be ignored.
In its 2014-15 annual report, the
JCC states that only 14 percent of its
revenues came from memberships,
while 33 percent was provided by
the Federation. How many non-
Jewish JCC members contribute to
Federation?
As a resident of Southeastern
Oakland County, I strongly protested
the pre-ordained decision to close
JPM, forcing its 2,500 members to use
the Royal Oak Young Men’s Christian
Association and area for-profit athlet-
ic facilities, and forcing the Oak Park
campus’ elderly to stay home. An
entire, growing community of Jews
must now use non-Jewish facilities.
I have halted my donations to
Federation’s Annual Campaign. I
refuse to subsidize the JCC in afflu-
ent West Bloomfield as long as
the Federation and the JCC refuse
to subsidize a Jewish Community
Center — and I don’t mean an office
building — in less-affluent Oak Park.
It is highly ironic that Federation’s
new motto, “Here for Good,” was
posted on JPM’s door just weeks
before the building was closed.
Alan Hitsky
Southfield