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From: arig@cvl.UUCP (Ari Gross)
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Subject: Re: Re: Jews and Israel
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 15:13:02 EDT
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> > is going on in (of all places) South Africa.  Israel is one of RSA's
> > largest trading partners - both countries are involved in the world
> > diamond trade.  Israel is also rumoured to be a major supplier of military
> > hardware to the RSA.
> >   {Al Berg - ihnp!sol1!s252 - akgua!sol1!s252 - New York City}
> > 
> Horse hockey!  In 1983, South Africa sold Israel like 80 million
> American, and Israel sold South Africa about the same.  South Africa
> bought like 1/4 billion American in Saudi Arabian oil.  England and
> West Germany are South Africa's leading trade partners.  They
> sell billions each year to South Africa.  EVEN MOZAMBIQUE TRADES MORE
> WITH SOUTH AFRICA THAN ISRAEL!  (They sold like 160 million.)
> 
> Don't let anybody snow you with the story that Israel is propping up
> South Africa.  They're helping less than Mozambique.

  Glad you made the point. On a similar note, why are more Jews getting
arrested in recent months outside the South African embassy than outside
the embassy of the Soviet Union?  And how come while the Jewish leaders
were busy getting arrested at the South African embassy , there were
no Black leaders participating in the daily vigil outside the Soviet
embassy? 

  There's nothing wrong with taking up for causes that are worthwhile,
but shouldn't our priorities be such that we first try and do what we 
can for Jewish causes  ? 
   
                          Ari Gross
                          arig@cvl.arpa