Word: pro-arab
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Perhaps the most surprising Midwestern result was the upset of eleven-term Republican Congressman Paul Findley in Illinois. Findley had advocated U.S. ties to the Palestine Liberation Organization, a stand that brought him campaign contributions from pro-Arab groups-but also provoked Jewish organizations to pour money into the campaign of his Democratic challenger, Springfield Attorney Richard Durbin. The race turned, however, not on Middle East policy but on Reagan's budget cuts...
...underlying tactic of the Reagan Administration is to try to build up political opposition in Israel that would knock him out of office and install Labor's Peres. U.S. officials insist that there is no truth to that suspicion or to the Israeli claim that they have suddenly become pro-Arab. The hope of the Administration is to get both the Israelis and the Arabs to bend. But if all else failed, some U.S. officials privately concede, the Administration would be pleased if Begin were toppled as Prime Minister...
About 12% of Bechtel's business is done in Arab nations-a matter that will surely be raised at Shultz's Senate confirmation hearings. "He will be more pro-Arab than Haig," predicts New York Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn, a Democrat, who says of Shultz, "There are few more capable people in the country." Indeed, Shultz noted in a 1980 interview that "if I have any differences with Reagan, it's about Middle East policy." Even if Shultz does have a pro-Arab bias, which many of his colleagues deny, some question whether he will...
...very special guest: French President François Mitterrand, the first West European leader to visit the Jewish state since former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's historic pilgrimage in 1973. Despite a few rocky moments, the trip demonstrated France's shift away from the pro-Arab policy set by President Charles de Gaulle in 1967. It was a significant example of Mitterrand's stated intention to "speak the same language" to both Arabs and Israelis. Declared Mitterrand at the airport ceremonies: "Rest assured that a true friend has come to you today, and I say this...
...filed stories quoting a Pentagon official as saying that Weinberger wanted to "redirect" American military assistance away from Israel toward the Arabs. As soon as this appeared in print, another spokesman insisted that the message had been garbled; Weinberger wanted only to "redirect" U.S.-assisted Arab military efforts toward countering internal subversion, as well as potential Soviet threats. But suspicion was inevitably aroused in Israel, where some newspapers bluntly described Weinberger as "an enemy" because of his alleged pro-Arab views. (Haig, in contrast, is regarded by Israeli officials as a good friend...