Jewish Veterans Score U.S. for Barring Jews from Air Base in Arabia

The Jewish War Veterans of the United States today strongly criticized the action of the State Department in entering into a treaty with Saudi Arabia “under which the State Department agreed to have the Defense Department screen those individual American soldiers who were to be stationed at an air base in Saudi Arabia.” The JWV pointed out that its criticism was “based on the fact that in the assignment of military personnel to man American bases; the only criteria for assignment should be the military capabilities of the individual.”

“For the Government of the United States,” the statement continued, “to agree to screen individuals to be assigned to military bases overseas because of the prejudices of the country where the base is located means that the Government of the United States agrees to carry into execution the prejudices and hates of bigots. It is not consistent nor consonant with the policy of the United States of America to base its policies or its actions on race hatred or religious bias and prejudice or to act as a cats-paw in such instances.”