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...decision," which he said would "exacerbate the arms race and increase the dangers for Israel." The Saudis were understandably elated because they had seen the proposed sale as a symbolic test of U.S. commitment to their defense. Saudi sensitivity on the question had been such that when Crown Prince Fahd was asked about congressional opposition, he had angrily exclaimed: "If American and other Western countries slam the door in our face why not buy from the U.S.S.R...
...Aziz, 68, who has turned out to be surprisingly popular, projecting an image of old-fashioned rectitude and drinking countless cups of thick coffee while listening patiently to complaints and petitions during tours of remote provinces If the King is a kind of chairman of the board, Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, 59, his halfbrother, is chief executive officer. Amiable and energetic he enjoys the exercise of power and, as one U.S. observer calculates, "is involved in more issues than anyone else, as the real day-to-day head of government...
...effort to act as the Arabs' honest broker-despite its own pro-Iraq leanings-Saudi Arabia tried to persuade Syria to attend, and very nearly succeeded. Crown Prince Fahd flew to Damascus shortly before the summit, TIME learned, and personally pleaded with Assad. At first the Syrian leader agreed to come, provided the conference was postponed two weeks. But when he declared his intention to condemn Iraq and to say that the war was the result of collusion among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and the U.S., Fahd told him to stay home...
Mere rhetoric? Possibly. The Arabs, after all, are in no position to take on Israel militarily. But Carter Administration officials cautioned against dismissing Fahd's words too readily. The Saudis, said the analysts, might eventually feel obliged to take some action, perhaps a cut in oil production.* The Saudis saw the Israeli action both as a calculated insult to the Arab world and as final proof that under present conditions the Israelis simply are not prepared to negotiate a Palestinian settlement in any serious way. The Saudi royal family, moreover, looks upon itself as the guardian of Islam...
...Israeli reaction to Prince Fahd's call for a holy war was mild. Proclaimed a foreign ministry spokesman: "We are not shocked and we are not worried." The Israelis, in fact, seemed far more preoccupied with the latest internal squabble of Begin's faltering government. This time the Prime Minister was at odds with his lawkish Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, a hero of the 1973 October War, who las made no secret of his desire to be Defense Minister. Begin has held that post since the resignation of Ezer Weizman last May, but he has only been able...