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Although the major Jewish organizations are apprehensive about a possible re-evaluation of U.S. Middle East policy that may take place under Ford, they have carefully refrained from directly criticizing the President or Secretary Kissinger. Israeli visitors and diplomats have been equally circumspect, and Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz has praised Kissinger for having done "a superhuman...
Israeli Ambassador to Washington Simcha Dinitz, meanwhile, flew back to the capital by way of Manhattan, where he spent two hours briefing 150 American Jewish leaders. After hearing Dinitz' explanation of the failure of the talks, members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations voted to undertake a two-pronged campaign. To protect Israel's request for military assistance, they hope to carry out an end-around play against Old Footballer Jerry Ford by lobbying directly with Congress to continue the level of aid. The conference also hopes to help generate an atmosphere in which...
...most direct pressure on the Executive Branch is exerted by the highly active Israeli embassy in Washington and by visiting officials from Israel. Ambassador Simcha Dinitz is regularly seen in the West Wing White House office of Lieut. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Dinitz, subtle and clearheaded, is fully aware of the current concerns of American Jews. "There is more talk of a second Munich in the United States than in Israel," he observes. "As Foreign Minister Yigal Allon has said, Ford is not a Chamberlain, Sadat is not a Hitler, and Israel...
...Sunday evening, Oct. 7, Kissinger met Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz and told him that Israel's decision not to pre-empt was "the right decision." Yes, replied Dinitz, but "that decision bestows a special responsibility on America not to leave us alone, as far as equipment is concerned...
Israeli ambassador Simcha Dinitz told a meeting of American Jewish leaders that "we need time and equipment...