Sen. Richard S. Schweiker (R., Pa.) said tonight that “any Middle East peace package must guarantee secure, recognized and defensible borders for Israel” which, he added, “will be my test in evaluating any Mideast settlement.” Opposing a compromise on the Jackson Amendment to the Trade Reform Bill affecting Soviet emigration policy. Schweiker said, “we must further the efforts of the Soviet Jewish community to gain its freedom.”
He made his pledge for “continuing commitment to the goal of a strong Israel” in receiving the Israel Prime Minister’s medal “in recognition for his outstanding contributions to the State of Israel.” It was awarded to him at a State of Israel Bond dinner at the Mountain View Ion. in Greensburg. Pa.; sponsored by the Tri-state Committee for Israel Bonds comprised of Jewish leaders in the area embracing parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
In his prepared remarks made available to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here, Schweiker also said that he was “insisting” that in Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger’s meetings with the Syrian government “the plight of the Syrian Jewish community be dealt with now, rather than deferred for indefinite future action.”
Schweiker also said he opposed the funds the Administration is asking for in its new aid bill. “I’m going to fight this new giveaway,” he said, “all we’ve gotten from massive American capital investments in Arab countries has been an oil embargo.”
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