Democratic Palestine : 6 (ص 33)

غرض

عنوان

Democratic Palestine : 6 (ص 33)

المحتوى

Israelis more leeway in its region than would otherwise be per-
mitted. And U.S. aid shields the Israeli population from suffer-
ing the economic consequences.?®
Inescapably, work to stop U.S. aid to dictatorships in Cent-
ral America will have little effect if Israeli arms sales are not cut
off. The American people have only one lever to use against
Israel: cutting off U.S. aid. Consider that the Israelis actually
oppose full-scale resumption of U.S. shipments of arms to
Central America since this directly competes with Israeli sales.
If its goal is to actually deny weapons to Rios Montt and his
counterparts in Honduras and El Salvador and not merely to
wipe the blood from the hands of the U.S., Israel will have to
become a prime target of the Central American solidarity
movement.
The Israeli role, to use a Vietnam-era expression, is
escalating dangerously fast. Israel plays a key role in the
regionalization of the Central American conflict. The Israeli
arms industry is capable of supplying all the needs of the Cent-
ral American regimes and would be glad to do so. With no sign
of significant Israeli opposition,2®° Israel will only be stopped
when a broad opposition movement is built in the United States
and U.S. aid to Israel is cut off.
238. Al Hamishmar, May 29, 1983; Marcel Niedergang, «Honduras and Costa Rica:
Descending into the Quagmire of War», Le Monde in Manchester Guardian Weekly,
August 7, 1983.
239. Goldfield, et al., p.5, interview by Jane Hunter, February 1983; Washington Post,
December 7, 1982 in Howard, p.25.
240. Anderson, «Land Scheme», San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 1983.
241. Dial Torgerson, «Frontier Area No Longer Neglected», Los Angeles Times, May 23,
1983.
242. «I\srael’s Game in Africa and Latin America».
243. Klich, «Israél...»; «lsrael’s Latin Connection», Jewish Digest, November 1982, pp.41-
44, adapted from the Israe/ Economist.
244. Al Hamishmar, May 29, 1983; Klich, «Israel...».
245. Hoffman; «Israeli-Made Weapons...».
246. Lennon, alsrael Expects Growth...»; «Israel's Armament Industry: When France Cut
Off Arms Supplies», Jewish Currents, date unknown, p.10.
247. Klich, «Israeli Arms...», p.10; «Israel's Latin Connection», p.43.
248. «Israel Receives Vow from Mexico for Oil Delivery in an Emergency», New York
Times, March 11, 1978.
249. Stauffer, pp.13-14, 54.
250. GAO, pp.6, 17-18; David H. Francis, «US Aid to Israel - !ts Dimensions, Implications» ,
Christian Science Monitor, August 7, 1982.
251. GAO, p.2.
252. Hooglund, p.2.
253. Staufter, p.1.
254. GAO, p.35.
255. Ibid.
256. Ibid.
257. I{bid., p.6; James McCartney, «US Censors a Secret Report on Aid to Israel for Leba-
non War», San Francisco Sunday Examiner/Chronicle, June 26, 1983.
258. GAO, p.53; McCartney.
259. Stauffer, p.7.
260. GAO, p.19.
261. Palestine Congress of North America, Mideast Commentary, February 1983, Special
Issue on U.S. Aid to Israel, no. 16.
262. Al Hamishmar, April 9, 1980 and J. Beinin, «Challenge from Israel's Military», MERIP
Reports, no. 92, November-December 1980, pp.6-9 in Howard, p.17.
263. Foreign Military Sales and Military Assistance Facts (Washington, D.C.: Goverment
Printing Office, 1982) in Howard, p.20.
264. Unofficial Summary of GAO report, US Security and Military Assistance: Programs
and Related Activities, commissioned by Senator William Proxmire in Howard, p.20.
265. GAO, pp.12, 53.
266. Goodgame, «israeli Arms Merchants...».
267. Ignatius; Gwertzman.
268. Stauffer, p.2.
269. Ibid.
270. Francis.
271. Joe Stork, «Israeli Economy Struggles for Appearance of Solvency», MERIP Reports,
May 1983, pp.21-22.
272. GAO, p.30; /sraletft.
273. GAO, p.43.
274. Klich,
275. GAO, p.3.
276. Denton.
277. Al Hamishmar, May 29, 1983.
278. Breytenback.
279. Hooglund, p.17; Los Angeles Times, August 18, 1981 and Financial Times, August
18, 1981 in Howard, p.22.
280. Hooglund, p.18.
281. GAO, p.21. .
282. Goodgame, «israel Asks U.S. to Finance Sales to Latin America», Miami Herald,
December 13, 1982; Slaughter.
283. Klich, «Israeli Arms...», p.10.
284. «Israeli Arms for Sale».
285. Amos Kenan, «The Dilemma of Israel's Future: Arms Trade or Cutting Tools», Nation,
December 4, 1982, pp.584-86; «Interview with Binyamin Hallahmi».
286. Klich, «lsraeli Arms...», p.8.
287. Taubman.
288. /sraleft.
289. Klich, «Les Choix de Jérusalem...».
«Israeli Arms...».
level.»
nationalist forces.
Algiers-Aden
Democratic Allia
for the reconstrt
ressive Steps Call for Anti-Impe
CRs Abu 7 ce ee that
ae for further aggress on ag. inst
the PLO, Syria and the Lebanese
He also emphasized that the
agreement
Fatah’s Central Committee and the
nce is a sul
tion of the PLO, and
that ine © PFLP and the festa of me organi-
ment, are fully committed to it An the
between
lable base
irespon ble, it they maint
attitude towards the
PLO and the overall nation:
33

هو جزء من

Democratic Palestine : 6

تاريخ

نوفمبر ١٩٨٤

المنشئ

الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين

مجموعات العناصر

Generated Pages Set

Democratic Palestine

PLO Research Center: Facts and Figures