Sen. Edward Kennedy (D. Mass.) arrived in Israel Tuesday with assurances that the international furor over U.S. shipments of arms to Iran with Israel’s help has not harmed U.S.-Israel relations.
“Recent events over Iran notwithstanding, U.S.-Israel friendship is strong, solid and enduring America looks to Israel as our oldest, closest friend in the region in a world of change and doubts,” Kennedy told reporters at Ben Gurion Airport.
The Senator declined to reply to specific questions about the arms sale to Iran and the diversion of the proceeds to the Contras, the Reagan Administration-backed rebels trying to overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
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