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Shultz has almost always
managed to get his way.
The Secretary, while under-
standably sensitive to the
criticism from the rightwing of
the Republican Party, is show-
ing no signs of Aeaving the
State Department. That
makes Israeli officials and pro-
Israeli supporters in Congress
and the American Jewish com-
munity quite happy. They are
hoping that he remains exact-
•ly where he is. The Secretary
has emerged in recent years as
a great friend of Israel.
A decision by Shultz to
resign, they said, could be ex-
tremely damaging to Israel
right now, especially because it
would come on the heels of
Robert McFarlane's departure
as White House National
Security Adviser in December.
McFarlane, who almost always
sided with Israel's point of
view on key decisions involv-
ing the. Middle East, was
replaced by Admiral John
Poindexter, a career Naval of-
ficer considerably less robust
in his sympathy for and at-
tachment to Israel.
Earlier last year, UN Am-
bassador Jeane Kirkpatrick,
another outstanding supporter
of Israel, resigned. Fortunate-
ly for Israel, her replacement,
Ambassador Vernon Walters,
has emerged as another strong
friend even if at a somewhat
lower profile.
That Shultz has become as
such a great champion of
Israel is somewhat surprising,
given his background with
Bechtel, the San Fransisco-
based engineering consulting
firm with huge contracts in
Saudi Arabia and other oilrich
Arab states. After his appoint-
ment, there were real fears
among Israeli officials and
their supporters in ' Wash-
ington that the new Secretary
would move the U.S. away
from Israel.
But that has certainly not
occurred. Instead, Shultz has
demonstrated a keen sensitiv-
ity to Israeli interests 4-
economic, military and
diplomatic.
Most recently, U.S. officials
said, it was Shultz who played
the decisive behind-t4e-scenes
role in trying to quickly repair
the damage in AmOcanIsraeli
relations caused by the Jon-
athan Jay Pollard spy, scandal.
While the wounds have not
yet been entirely healed from
that sordid affair — and the
possibility of revived friction is
still real once the secret Grand
Jury meeting in Washington
files its formal indictments
against \ Pollard and his wife,
Anne Henderson-Pollard --
the current climate in Wash-
ington-Jerusalem relations is
almost back to normal. Israeli
officials are the first to credit
Shultz for this.
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