Sanctioning Apartheid - KORA

coIlaboration. The total Israeli commitment to supporting the
apartheid regime has not changed, and is not likely to change.
The spec& forms of aid a~e determined by the qm%c needs of
Sukh Africa. FoUowing a long tradition, hael hastens to fill any
new need and any new deficiency. The Israeli military advisors
are still there, and will be there as long as the regime survives.
The South African Defense Forces enjoy every Israeli achievement
in military technologyI and much of the light and heavy ammition
used to defend apartheid coms &om IsraeL
As we observe the South African Defense Forces in the
townships, in Namibia, or on their parade grounds, we are likely
to see heli weapons, Israeli tactis, and Israeli strak@les?O The
South Aihican idantry carries the Israeli GaM riile, the South
African navy uses heli missile boats, and the South African Air
Force £lies the Israeli KIir jet, known in South Africa as the
Q I d (Kfir in Hebrew for "young lion," which show that the
South Africans were not terribly origmd even in the 2oolo;pid
&aim). The n u h collaboration program, which has been in
force for more than a generation, continues to move Ward
towards fourth- and fifth-generation nuclear weaponry. Only
recently, Israeli o m have bew seen on Marion Island in the
southern Indian Ocean, where Sauth Africa and he1 are
bdding a nuclear test site."
In civilian matters, the Israeli presence is less substantial but
no less hkndy. When the United Nations published a blacklist
of e k who have perfosmed in South Africa despite the
international boycott, 26 nations were included. Of these, Great
Britain was kt, the URited States second, and Israel third.
Visits by Issgeli artists and athletes to South Africa have been
continuing at the same pace. Israeli tourism to South Afrim,
which is one way in which Israelis gain a direct atperienoe of
apartheid" has been growing. It increased by 18% during the fht
half of 1987, and was expected to rise by 20% for the whole
year." South Africa remains a favorite destination for haelis
who want to go on a foreign vacation, thase who want to work
h a foreign country temporarily, and those who are looking for
a new homeland. Even todayI when South Africa does not look
like an amdive new home for immigrants, and when native