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I /'ess jawin Menachem Begin's Duty GOP Senators VOW tO 0ppOS6
AWACS Sale to Saudi Arabia
Menachem Begin has participated in the long struggle for his country’s
independence.
X As an active fighter, few know more than he, the horror and tragedy of
• war. Yet, he also knows that in order to make certain Israel will retain its
sovereignty it has to commit itself to the defense of its homeland. Its
neighbors have to know Israel will not retard retaliation when its security
is threatened.
Upon making the presentation of his government to the Knesset, which
£ was approved August 5, Begin outlined his views on the defense of his
fl nation, the United Nations, the settlements, suspension of the F-16’s and
* F-15’s and the forthcoming differences over supplying the Saudis with
sophisticated AWACS.
It is because these views were made openly and will be the keystone of
Israeli policy we feel it important to reprint the major portions of his
speech.
V The following words are Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s:
Recently there has figured most potently on our agenda, as on that of
the international community, the problem of national self-defense. It is
our duty to try to clarify it in the most exhaustive fashion possible.
I A definition of this concept appears in the United Nations Charter, Ar-
■ticle 51, which reads: “Nothing in the present charter shall impair the
inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack
occurs against a member of the United Nations until the Security Council
has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and
security.”
There is not a great deal to be learned from this generalized definition.
■ it does contain, however, an important concept, namely that self-defense
Xis natural. It enshrines a serious factual stipulation that a nation which is
attacked is not obliged to wait until the Security Council has, in the char-
ter language, taken necessary measures. A nation has the right to defend
itself. And since it is a natural right, one can also emphatically state — it
has a duty to defend itself.
^ A much more exact definition is to be found in the famous Treaty of
■ Locarno which Churchill described as the most precise of all inter-
• national agreements. The Treaty of Locarno stipulates:
BY YITZHAK RABI
NEW YORK [JTA] -
Two Republican Senators
vowed here to continue to
oppose the Reagan Adminis-
tration’s proposed sale of
AWACS reconnaissance
planes to Saudi Arabia,
claiming that the sale will
not only endanger Israel’s
security but would harm
U.S. interests as well.
Sen. Alfonse D’Amato
(NY), addressing some 3,000
delegates and guests at the
67th National Convention of
Hadassah at the Hilton
Hotel here, last week said
that although he is a firm
supporter of the Reagan
Administration he is con-
vinced nontheless that the
Administration is following
“an erroneous and danger-
ous path” with regard to the
AWACS sale.
Citing the example of
Iran, to which the U.S.,
under the rule of the late
Shah, supplied the most
advanced weapons in the
world, D’Amato said if the
Saudis need protection for
their oil fields the U.S. can
provide it with U.S.-manned
aircraft. “But we should
never sell the AWACS to
the Saudis or to anyone
else,” he said.
The Senator from New
York also said that Israel
served “world peace” by
destroying the Iraqi nuclear
reactor last June. “It was a
courageous act by Israel,” he
declared, adding: “They did
what they had to do.”
Dangers Involved In
AWACS Sale
Sen. Bob Packwood of
Oregon, who addressed a
banquet dinner of Hadassah
warned that if Saudi Arabia
will receive the AWACS and
other advanced U.S. wea-
pons, in case of another
Mideast war, will be used
against Israel even if Saudi
Arabia will not be directly
involved. He also warned
that the AWACS sale does
not mean an end to the ever
growing price of oil.
“We have traded our
integrity for energy, and
what was our reward? The
Saudis have opposed the
Camp David peace process,
increased oil prices and
support the PLO. If this is
our reward for cooperation,
thank heavens we did not
irritate them,” Packwood
declared.
Continuing, he said: “To-
day, my party, my Adminis-
tration wants to send
AWACS and enhanced F-15s
(aircraft) to Saudi Arabia,
despite the fact that in war
these planes could wind up
in the hands of the enemies
of the U.S.”
Declaring that his commit-
ment to a secure Israel “is
irrevocable,” the Senator
from Oregon stated: “There
are now 55 signatures in the
Senate on a statement
opposing the sale. We have
the votes — at the moment.
And until I see real evidence
that Saudi Arabia wants
peace, I see no reason to add
to the instability in the
Mideast by supplying them
with more weapons.”
Finally, Packwood con-
cluded, “to jeopardize Israel
is not in the U.S. national
interest. We must pledge
not to impose our systems
on Saudi Arabia or Jordan
or other countries, but we
shall keep it for ourselves —
the U.S. and Israel. And if
it’s necessary for our survi-
val, we will fight, and we
will win.”
Terms Israel’s Actions
Preventive
Addressing the opening
session of the Hadassah
convention here a few days
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Hilarion Capucci
The Archbishop Of Terrorism
“Germany and Belgium and also Germany and France, mu-
tually undertake that they will in no case attack or invade
each other. This stipulation shall not, however, apply in the
case of the exercise of the right of legitimate defense; that
I is to say, resistance to violation of the undertaking contain-
ed in the previous paragraph.”
In other words, if one signatory to the agreement attacks its neighbor
or invades its territory or wages war against it, the assaulted country, in
exercising its right to legal defense, has the right to attack the aggressor
country, to invade its territory and to wage war in return.
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INDEX
PAGE
Pakistan May Hava Nuclear Potential by Year's tnd . 2
Arms Embargo Lifted—But Storage Charges Stay.... 2
Dallas Doings..............................3
Posterial: Flight From Justice..................4
Monitor: One Search For Peace.................4
Ben-Meir: Begin's Image......................4
Mozi War Criminal Fact Booklet Debuts...........6
Soviet Jewish Activist Flees Moscow.............6
BBYO Meeds Teenagers.......................7
Shearith Israel Incorporates Solomon Schechter.....7
JVCS Scholarship Winners Announced.............7
'Spirit of ‘76’ Kicks Off United Way At JCC........8
PACE
Dallas Synagogue Services.....................9
What's Cooking?...........................10
Our Film Folk............. 12
Dining-Entertainment.....................12-15
Dallas Singles Scene........................13
Manny Rosenthal Heads Ft. Worth Symphony......15
Court Ruling on Civil Rights Act Amendment......16
Fort Worth's Around Tho Town................17
Beth-El President Appoints Committees..........18
13 Moro Hazis on Trial in W. Germany..........19
F.W. Hadassah Summer Social Sunday...........19
Fort Worth Synagogue Services................19
BY MORTON M.
ROSENTHAL
Director, Latin American
Affairs Department
Anti-Defamation League
of B’nai B’rith
[ Copyright 1981, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.]
The black-robed priest
was a featured speaker in
Buenos Aires at ceremonies
in November, 1980, marking
the International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestin-
ian people. With his long full
beard, he has become a
ubiquitous and controversial
personality. In Iran he
visited American hostages
and subsequently retrieved
the bodies of American
sobers killed in the aborted
rescue mission. He pubbcly
embraced Yasir Arafat,
Chief of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, in
Spain and subsequently
went to Syria to accept
honorary membership in the
PLO’s Palestine National
Council. Some South Ameri-
can Arab communities have
denounced him as “an active
member of the Palestine
guerrillas.”
This priest, Hilarion Ca-
pucci, first came to interna-
tional prominence in 1974,
when Israeli security forces
detained him for smuggling
arms for Arab terrorists. A
cache of more than 200
pounds of ammunition and
explosives, as well as var-
ious weapons were conceal-
ed in his car when he was
stopped by police. That was
part of the evidence which
resulted in his being sen-
tenced by an Israeli court to
12 years in prison. At the
time of his conviction for
arms smuggling, Capucci
was the Patriarchal Vicar of
the Melkite (Greek-Catholic)
Church for Jerusalem.
Israel rejected repeated
demands from various quar-
ters that Capucci be releas-
ed. In January, 1975, in
reply to a Syrian complaint
Israel sent a letter to United
Nations Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim stating that
Capucci, “having been
caught red-handed ‘flag-
rante delicto’ admitted his
misdeeds and was properly
and lawfully convicted and
sentenced after due process
of law.” However, in No-
vember, 1977, Israel relent-
ed and responded favorably
to a Papal appeal for
clemency on Humanitarian
grounds.
A letter to Israeli Presi-
dent Ephraim Katzir from
Pope Paul VI said, “We are
confident that the Archbis-
hop’s release will not be
detrimental to the State of
Israel. Such an act cannot
fail to be considered as one
of friendly kindness toward
us and will be truly
appreciated.” The assur-
ances Israel received from
the Vatican, that Capucci
would cause no further
trouble, were reflected in
the Israeli President’s reply.
Katzir said that he was
releasing Capucci “fully re-
cognizing the significance
and importance of your
request and the weight
which attaches to your
expression of confidence
that the matter will not be
detrimental to the State of
Israel.”
During the past three
years, the government of
Israel has had ample reason
to wonder whether it had
erred in releasing him. On
various occasions it regis-
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