THE ISRAELI CONNECTION: Guns and Money in Central America
"IT IS CLEAR," OPINED THE TOWER COM1mission, "that Israel had its own interests, some in direct conflict with those of the United States, in having the United States pursue the initiative. For...
...Jamail and Guti6rrez consider Israel's motivations, and provide an overview of the nature of its aid to Central American governments and movements...
...Milton Jamail and Margo Guti6rrez, both on the staff of Texas Lutheran College, have followed Central America for years...
...Dating from the early days of the Zionist struggle for statehood, Israeli involvement belies simple characterization as that of acting as U.S...
...observers from Right to Left...
...It's No Secret: Israel's Military Involvement in Central America, their book on which our articles build, broke new ground...
...Israel's "special relationship" to Central America is longstanding and multi-faceted...
...surrogate...
...For this reason, it had an incentive to keep the initiative alive...
...We expect this Report to be controversial and, as always, welcome your comments...
...Jamail, a longtime NACLA friend, has contributed to the Report on Guatemala and Belize...
...While Tel Aviv does have its own agenda, the Reagan Administration has found Israel to be an attractive and willing partner in its Central America scheme, one which can efficiently get the job done without provoking congressional outcry...
...For readers wishing to pursue the issue further, we recommend its extensive bibliography...
...Jane Hunter, editor of Israeli Foreign Affairs, shares her unique expertise in taking an in-depth look at Tel Aviv's suppport for the contras, and comes up with some surprising and controversial conclusions...
...Israel enjoys its own special relationship with Washington, one which allows its extensive U.S...
...This hesitancy to question the nature of Israeli/U.S...
...Since the Iran/contra scandal broke last November, the Israelis have felt the uncomfortable gaze of public attention on their largely ignored role in Central America...
...aj-T HE ISRAELI CONNECTION: GUNS AND "IMoney in Central America" lays out Tel Aviv's involvement in detail, vividly illusrating the story's complexity and sobering implications...
...According to the Mexican daily, La Jornada, Salvadorean President Jos6 Napole6n Duarte was so impressed by Guatemalan counterinsurgency that he asked President Vinicio Cerezo for military aid last April...
...friendship is mirorred in how we look at the crisis in Central America, as well as Israeli involvement in other parts of the world...
...She argues compellingly that the Reagan Administration has tried to pressure Israel into openly taking over the contra war...
...ties and hefty yearly subsidy to go largely unexamined by U.S...
...They take a thorough look at Guatemala, where the Israeli role is most sophisticated and extensive...
...This issue of Report on the Americas is written by a unique team of contributors...
...Israel weaves in and out of the intrigue described by the Special Review Board appointed by President Reagan...
...And the Iranian profit-sharing scheme was the Israelis' creative financing solution...
...Cerezo declined, not wishing to violate his policy of "active neutrality" in the Central American conflict...
Vol. 21 • March 1987 • No. 2
