Page 12-A vJenist ftrridfi&jn Friday. July 25, Israel Can Cope With the Arabs But Can She Cope With Russia? By MILTON FRIKDMAN WASHINGTON Are American liberals Jews among them inad- vertently jeopardizing Israel by joining the growing public crusade against United States military es- tablishment, defense sending and foreign commitments? The question has emerged among Israeli soldiers, from officers of highest rank to privates in the bunkers along the Suez Canal, who want to sec a strong and militant America. Their concern arises from radar blips and sonar con- tacts: Soviet nuclear submarines find missile-firing cruisers hover- ing distantly otf the Israeli coast. Israe 1 can cope with the Arabs. But Russian nuclear blackmail may be used one day in an ulti- matum for Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territory. The ques- tion is: In such a contingency, will American voices now demanding curtailment of missile systems and foreign involvement then demand a nuclear showdown? Will the present American anti-military mood tempt the Russians to flex r.uclear muscles against Israel? The Kremlin can now be about 99 percent certain that Washing- ton would not confront Moscow in a nuclear confrontation over Is- rael. Unlike NATO countries. Is- rael has no U.S. guarantee of se- I curity protection. But one percent of doubt remains; even one per- ' cent may be enough to deter the ; Russians from risking a world nu- clear holocaust. Israelis are concerned that even that very thinbut very vital shield is being eroded by the anti- war mood in the United States. Yet this flimsy shield is all that Israel has to depend upon. It is i in Israel's vital interest to see I America remain superior in ulti- mate weaponry and disposed to deter nuclear blackmail against fiee people. Soviet strategists, mindful of ' the Viet Nam war backlash in America, are now regarded as more likely to resort to an atomic- missile blackmail than to deploy- ment of a Mideast expeditionary I force. They don't want to emulate the American debacle in Viet Nam. There are also logistical, economic, propaganda tactical and other n aeons for not landing troop units in Egypt. About 8.000 Russian military personnel are already in Egypt I They perform advisory and tech- nical functions in the Egyptian military establishment. But care i is being taken to avoid a role like that of the U.S. Green Berets in ; the early years of the Viet Nam war. Russian officers do not ac- company Egyptian patrols across the Suez Canal. Moscow is press- . ing for unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces. The Arab-Israel fighting is escalating. Israel fears that at some point the Kremlin may decide to deliver a grim ulti- matum. Then the scene would shift ( to Washington where liberals are assailing the U.S. role as protector j some say "policeman''of the free world. The Israeli conviction is that their embattled nation must not become another "Czechoslovakia." Israel can only look to Washington foi a credible deterrent to any Russian nuclear blackmail. Israelis are beginning to worry also that, as pressure mounts against the sale of arms to bellig- erents or even countries at peace, Washington may grow reluctant to , supply further sophisticated weap- ons. Egypt can still look to Mos- \ cow for support as the Russians plunge ahead with reckless mili- tary spending for constantly mod- ernized implements of war. Israel at this point can turn only to the U.S. for balancing jets, missiles, and other arms essential for sur- vival. Israelis do not want *o become embroiled in domestic American affairs. They have enough prob- lems of their own. Hut many listen with dismay when Americans sug- gest that the defeat of racism and poverty is contingent ui>on cur- tailment of deferse commitments. Meanwhile. ck velopmenta ol new and better arms reassures Israelis but horrifies Americans alarmed by unmet urban needs. In Loving Memory of My Beloved Father JOSEPH JESSE UIIJ Who left us on July 31st. 1967. From His Daughter FAYE ROSEN and Family L^jerdon j-unerc.l osts of I Israel. A nuclear armageddon will j not confine itself to cease-fire j lines; Israel's concern may prove | truly universal while the American Je wish response could be danger- . ously provincial. Schwartzinan To Teach Hebrew At M-DJC South Hebrew will be added to the foreign language courses offered at Miami-Dade Junior College South this fall. The following term. Hebrew II will be added to the curriculum. Hehrew I, a three-credit course taught by Louis Schwart/man. ex- ecutive director of the Bureau of Jewish Education, will meet from 7:45 to 9 p.m. on Mondays an Wednesdays. Mr. Schwartzman. who holds a degree in Hebrew and He im w Lit- erature from Baltimore Hebrew College, also studie d law at the I niversity of Maryland and has been working toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree'at Dropsie C< Iege for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia. A member of the National Coun- cil for Jewish Education and the' National Association of Professors u< Hebrew, the educator is listed in Who's Who in American Jewry, anel Who's Who in American Edu- cation. ^uwrcUVfapet Member: National F'pktrI Oirertftr* Aspn Fiorlrta Funeral Dir-<''"rr. Assn. 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