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Incredible as it may sound, both Israeli Air Force Colonel Aviem Sella, who has been in- dicted as Pollard's first "handler" in Washington, and U.S. Attorney-General Edwin Meese, who ultimately is responsible for prosecuting Sella, are now represented by the same Washington at- torney, Nathan Lewin. Pollard's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Morris Pollard of South Bend, Indiana, also got a new attorney to help in their son's appeal for a possible sentence reduction. Alan Dershowitz, the famed Harvard Universi- ty legal scholar, has agreed to help the former civilian naval intelligence analyst who is currently serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Springfield, Missouri. The Pollard affair clearly re- mains a bone stuck in the throat of the Americans, yet by all accounts, it does not appear to have had any serious impact on the level of day-to-day cooperation be- tween the two countries in intelligence-sharing, political invites you to be our guest Annual Meeting and Election of Officers featuring a special presentation by the FAMOUS PEOPLE PLAYERS Tuesday, June 23, 1987 7:30 pm Groves High School Auditorium Thirteen and Evergreen lb jam • ,..frovt/krffea/44,- Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens 17288 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 48076 (313) 557-7650 '-I terest in not allowing the Pollard case to overly damage American-Israeli relations. This also helps to explain why the public U.S. response to the release of the two Israeli reports on Pollard was muted. The U.S. Justice Department did not issue any formal reaction. At the State Department, a spokesman simply expressed hope that the Israeli government will take the necessary steps to make certain that a Pollard- like spy operation can never recur in Washington. What was most ironic about the entire Pollard affair was the fact that when the former analyst was arrested by FBI agents outside the Israeli Embassy in November 1985, U.S.-Israeli relations, by any definition, were clearly WASHINGTON IN BRIEF for the celebration of our 18th year at the Jonathan Pollard: Getting helpi coordination and military- strategic planning. In recent weeks, several senior U S military officials have visited Israel while their Israeli' colleagues have come to Washington. A meeting of the joint U.S.-Israeli military- political group involved in strategic cooperation con- vened in Israel on schedule. The chief of Israeli military intelligence, Gen. Amnon Shahak, came to Washington where he even met with Pollard's old boss at U.S. Naval Intelligence — among many other senior U.S. in- telligence officials. Washington and Jerusalem recognize that despite the hard feelings generated by Israel's successful penetra- tion of the U.S. intelligence community, both countries have an overriding mutual in- U.S. Attitudes Hold Steady On Israel Washington (JTA) — Ameri- can attitudes toward Israel have changed little in the last 20 years, according to a Los Angeles Times Poll, published this week. About half of those inter- viewed — 48 percent — said they held the same opinion about Israel as they did two decades ago, while 20 percent reported a less favorable at- titude and 17 percent a more favorable one. The other 15 percent had no opinion. While a strong majority felt that Israel should give back at least some territories and that there should be peace negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization, public support for dealing with the PLO has ac- tually gone down since the optimistic days of the 1978 Camp David accord between Israel and Egypt. Only 21 percent of those questioned felt that Israel should keep all the territory taken during the Six Day War. The majority, 61 per- cent, said Israel should return at least some of the land. On Israeli negotiations with the PLO, 50 percent were for it, 39 percent against, and 11 percent held no opinion. However, eight years ago, the comparable figures were 60 percent in favor and only 29 percent opposed. Asked their basic impres- sion of the present govern- ment of Israel, respondents were divided — 37 percent favorable, 30 percent un- favorable, and 33 percent not sure. The poll was based on phone interviews with 2,317 American adults during the . previous four days. U.S. Scraps Saud Arms Sale Plan Washington (JTA) — The Reagan Administration scrapped its proposed sale of 1,600 Maverick air-to-ground missiles to Saudi Arabia last week in the face of an almost certain Senate override. "I think the Administra- tion realized wisely that the arithmetic was staring them in the face on this issue," said Sen. Jesse Helms (R., N.C.) who said Senatorial opposi- tion to the sale might be "the widest political wing spread in history." Sen. Bob Packwood (R., Ore), who was leading opposi- tion to the sale, reported that he had the 67 votes needed for a two-thirds majority to override a Presidential veto.