Word: israelities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prepared statement about U.S. policy in the Middle East, stressing that it has one basic aim: maintenance of peace. Recognizing needs of defense and internal security, he said, the U.S. might sell more arms to both the Arabs and the Israelis. But he believes that the hope of little Israel lies in mutual security through the United Nations, not in an arms race with the immensely larger and more populous Arab states...
When the committee got Dulles back in its sights, it wanted to know more about Middle East policy. Could those tanks be used for Arab aggression against Israel? No, said the Secretary of State, he had the assurance of the military that there was no way of getting them to the Israel border. Was the sale of the tanks related to U.S. maintenance of an air base in Saudi Arabia? "Only in this sense, that if we refused to give the Saudi Arabian government its reasonable requirement in this area, it is probable, at least possible, that our air base...
...MIDDLE EAST: "One must, I think, accept the overall assumption that an Arab world with a friendly orientation to the West is better for Israel than an Arab world with a friendly orientation in the other direction. One cannot take issue with the striving . . . to improve relations . . . in the Arab world...
...suggestion that Israel rely on the United Nations or tripartite protection is unrealistic. Neither the United Nations nor the great powers, in spite of their sincere efforts, were effective in preventing Arab aggression...
...other hand, if Israel were in possession of modern weapons, comparable in combat performance to arms available to Arab nations, aggression would be deterred. The principle that sufficient power to deter aggression is instrumental for the maintenance of peace is commonly recognized, and had been put forward by Mr. Dulles himself. A weak Israel would serve as an invitation to aggression that would increase the general turmoil in the region, which is only playing into Russian hands. On the other hand, by providing arms to Israel and thus deterring aggression, the general stability in the area would be advanced...