In a sharp attack on the Carter Administration’s Mideast policy, Sen. John Heinz (R.Pa.) said Sunday night that American foreign policy mistakes had hardened attitudes in the Mideast and made the quest for peace more difficult. Speaking to the Greater Philadelphia Council of B’nai B’rith at an Israel Bonds dinner, Heinz criticized the Administration’s plan to sell F-15 fighter planes to Saudi Arabia. He said the Administration should reappraise its entire Middle East policy. Heinz stated, “It is impossible to see the timing of this proposal as anything but dangerously destabilizing. Moreover, it is hard to see it as anything but a direct and serious threat to Israel’s security.”
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