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In response to Salwa de Vree's post re:Israel and sanctions against Iraq (thank you Salwa), here is another previously posted answer to my request for information on this subject. I think Israel's role in the US sanctions policy has been under-emphasised by goverments and NGOs alike, so I am hoping it will become more part of the debate/lobbying etc, Philippa >===== Original Message From Glen Rangwala <gr10009@hermes.cam.ac.uk> ===== >Dear Philippa > >In response to your query: > >> I've been looking for the official Israeli policy on >> sanctions, does anyone have it? Philippa Winkler > >It is true that Israel's leaders don't seem to comment much on Iraq. My >guess is that the US has made it clear that statements from Israel would be >counterproductive in maintaining any residual Gulf sympathy for sanctions; >in this regard, things have not changed much since 1991. You could always >look at unofficial sources, as the article you circulated demonstrates; a >further unofficial source would be the American Israel Public Affairs >Committee: >http://www.aipac.org/ >especially the AIPAC sponsored letter of May 2000 to Clinton >http://www.aipac.org/result.cfm?id=27; text is >http://www.aipac.org/result.cfm?id=24. >I hardly need to add that the text of the letter is full of simple >factual inaccuracies. > >However, there have been occasional statements by Israeli leaders. Here's >three. The first is as near as I've seen to a statement of Israeli policy. >Apart from that, they're not particularly instructive. > >Prime Minister Rabin, 14 August 1994: "We support the policy of President >Clinton and the policy of sanctions against Iraq in order to change its >behavior... we line up with the United States and the other developed >nations to bring Iraq to change its policies." >http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0c7r0 > >Speech by Mr. Jeremy Issacharoff, Representative of Israel to the first >Committee, head of Regional Security and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign >Affairs Jerusalem (13 October 2000): "Israel is profoundly concerned about >the present situation with regard to Iraq and the lack of any monitoring >and inspection mechanism in that country for the last two years. Saddam >Hussein has not changed and he continues to constitute a real threat to >his neighbours and the region. The United Nations bears a critical >responsibility to the countries of the Middle East to ensure that Iraq is >disarmed of all its WMD and missile capabilities in accordance with the >relevant Security Council resolutions." >http://www.israel-un.org/committees/first/speech_131000.htm > >Speech by Prime Murderer Ariel Sharon, 19 March 2001, to AIPAC: "Iraq has >not been under UN monitoring for more than two years and sanctions have >been increasingly ignored. There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein is >seeking to restore his mass destruction weapons capability and his quest >for long-range missiles." >http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0jr40 > >Sorry about not being able to provide more details; if you find further, >please let me know. > >Glen Rangwala. > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq >For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk >CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings.