Friday. November 18,1983
The Jewish Floridian of Tampa
Page 5
{Israel 'Gratified9
U.S. Aid Up Over Last Year
By JTA Services
JERUSALEM Israeli offi-
cials are deeply gratified over the
US. military and economic aid
package for fiscal year 1984
which the House of Representa-
tives approved last Thursday.
It is not only the largest
amount of aid ever voted for
Israel but allows the Israelis to
U9e S550 million in military
credits toward building their
aecond generation jet fighter-
bomber, the Lavie, an issue
which had generated controversy
within the Reagan Administra-
tion and among American mili-
tary aircraft manufacturers.
The aid package which the
House approved by a 224-189
vote totals (2.61 billion,
compared to $2.48 billion in fiscal
1983. The new allocation contains
11.7 billion in military credits and
$910 million in economic grants.
Of the military credits, $850 mil-
lion is "forgiven" meaning it
does not have to be repaid.
The use of military credits to
develop the Lavie was approved
over the objections of Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger
who argued that the warplane
would not increase Israel's mili-
tary capability but would be an
economic asset inasmuch as it is
designed for export.
cappv Denies opposing
strategic Tie
WASHINGTON Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger has
denied that he has opposed ef-
forts by the Reagan Administra-
tion for strategic cooperation
with Israel. "We have had Israel
as a strong ally and a strategic
working arrangement with them
has been in effect for many years,
almost since the creation of the
State," Weinberger said in
response to questions at the
Foreign Press Centei here last
Thursday. "There is no change
whatsoever in that relationship,"
hi1 stressed.
There have been repeated
published reports that Weinber-
ger has sought to block Secretary
of Slate George Shultz's efforts
for closer ties with Israel. No De-
fense Department official accom-
panied Under-secretary of State
Lawrence Kagleburger during his
recent visit to Israel.
6P0WsHeld
By plo Are well
TEL AVIV Representatives
of the International Red Cross
visited six Israeli prisoners of
war held by the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization in Tripoli, Leb-
anon, last week where Yasir
Arafat and his loyalists were
making a desperate last stand
against attacking PLO dissidents
backed by Syria.
According to reports from
Geneva, the six Israelis are well
and are in the hands of pro-
Arafat elements. But the Red
Cross has not been able to visit
two other Israeli POWs held
captive by Ahmed Jibril's Popu-
lar Front for the Liberation of
Palestine-General Command, an
extremist, anti-Arafat terrorist
group under the PLO umbrella.
Creeks Seen More
Friendly to Israel
BONN Greece's attitude
toward Israel has become more
friendly and open since that
country succeeded West Ger-
many in the rotating chairman-
ship of the European Economic
Community's (EEC) Council of
Ministers, diplomatic circles here
have noted.
Among the EEC member
states, Greece was the most out-
spoken critic of Israel, especially
after the invasion of Lebanon ;on
June, 1982. The Israelis were
therefore pleasantly surprised
when, under the chairmanship of
Athens, no new EEC initiatives
were launched against Israel, and
the "financial protocol"
providing EEC credits to Jerusa-
lem was implemented.
A Greek diplomat posted to
Bonn told an Israeli representa-
tive that his government, bow-
ever sympathetic to the Arab
cause, has reassessed some of its
positions on Middle East issues.
The diplomat explained, ac-
cording to sources here, that the
Arab world, and the oil producing
countries in particular, have done
nothing to reward Greece politi-
cally or economically for its long-
standing support.
Ties to Bonn Clouded
By weapons to Saudis
JERUSALEM Deputy For-
eign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir
warned of a "cloud" that could
darken Israeli-German relations:
the possibility that Bonn might
sell advanced weaponry to Saudi
Arabia or other Arab countries.
Delivering a keynote speech on
the opening day of the annual
meeting of the Israel-Germany
Friendship Associations, Ben-
Meir said Israel could not agree
with nor acquiesce in such a
prospect. Israeli sources forecast
intensified diplomatic action by
Jeruslem in the weeks ahead
designed to forestall any arms
sales.
Recently, following Chancellor
Helmut Kohl'8 visit to Saudi
Arabia, German officials sought
to distinguish between offensive
weapons such as the Leopard 2
tank, and defensive weapons
such an anti-tank devices and
anti-aircraft systems. But Israel
has declared tirmly that it recog-
nizes no such distinction.
Israel Must Talk
Business to Syria-Oz
BOSTON Amos Oz, the Is-
raeli novelist and peace activist,
said here that Israel must "talk
business with Syria" if it is to be
able to withdraw its troops from
Lebanon. "Lebanon is irrestor-
able," he told a group of students
several days ago. "I think it is
doomed. I think Syria is going to
have it one way or another."
He noted that Syria had lived
up to its part of the 1974 Golan
Heights agreement and had
maintained an "enduring cease-
fire" there. Israel, Oz contended,
should offer to recognize Syria's
"claims in Lebanon in return for
a durable ceasefire or more" on
Israel's northern border.
Oz spoke to the students fol-
lowing a speech he gave at Har-
vard University, sponsored in
part by the Boston Friends of
Peace Now, entitled, "Certain Is-
raeli Perspectives." He is cur-
rently in the United States to
promote his new book, "In the
Land of Israel."
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Jewish Community Food Bank
To Provide Thanksgiving
Baskets For 37 Families
The 37 families who are served
by the Jewish Community Food
Bank will be receiving special
Thanksgiving Baskets on Tues-
day, Nov. 22nd in addition to
their regular food parcels.
Food contributions are needed
at this time in order to provide
for these Thanksgiving baskets.
All members of the Jewish Com-
munity are urged to bring their
canned goods to a drop off place
no later than Monday Nov. 21.
Contributions of canned goods
are the main stay of the Food
Bank. While the monies that are
received help to defray the cost of
purchasing food from the Divine
Providence Food Bank which
sells surplus foods to us at 10
cents per pound.
The Tampa Jewish Federation
has named the Food Bank as one
of its recipients for the year 1983-
84 and granted a $500 allocation.
Congregation Schaarai Zedek has
also allocated $1000 to this
project. Others who have al-
located funds or other types of
support are the Jewish Commun-
ity Center, Hillel School, Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women
and Congregations Kol Ami and
Rodeph Shalom.
Drop off places for canned
goods are: Jewish Community
Center, The Jewish Towers,
Cong. Schaarai Zedek, Cong. Kol
Ami, and Cong. Rodeph Sholom.
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