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religious vandalism, a
measure intended to stop the
destruction of synagogue pro-
perty that has plagued some
communities.
But the measure faces
tough going in the Senate,
where a similar measure was
defeated last year because of
the administration's argu-
ment that such legislation
was best left to local govern-
ments. And there is the prob-
lem that a variant of the
measure, introduced by Rep.
John Conyers (D-Mich.),
would extend protection to
gay groups—an idea that
some Jewish groups support,
but which they fear will make
the measure harder to pass.
Pentagon
Gets Chummy
Last week, this column
reported on an unofficial Pen-
tagon slowdown on U.S.-Is-
raeli joint military projects, a
move intended to put pres-
sure on the Israeli govern-
ment to scrap the Lavi
project.
Now that the cabinet in
Jerusalem has made the
painful decision to terminate
the expensive project, sources
here report a veritable flood
of Pentagon cooperativeness.
One representative of a
group involved in official
discussions about weapons
projects for Israel reported a
new, "upbeat" attitude. "In
the past week, there have
been two, three meetings
every day," according to this
source. "There are discussions
on new projects, project
renewals, and the idea is to
make the most out of every
U.S. assistance dollar in the
wake of the Lavi cancella-
tion."
Involved in these discus-
sions are representatives of
the Israeli Aircraft Industries
and the Jerusalem govern-
ment, the Department of
Defense, the National Securi-
ty Council, and pro-Israel
groups like the American-
Israel Public Affairs
Committee.
At AIPAC, according to one
source, the pace of meetings
since the Lavi decision has
been "intense." "While the
cabinet was stalling on Lavi,
there was a rigid, aloof feeling
at the Pentagon. Now that it's
been decided, the Pentagon is
bending over backwards, try-
ing to help Israel make the
most of the decision.
Everybody is thinking ahead
to the next stage, and that's
a positive development."
On The Stump
Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.),
another in the long list of con-
tenders for the 1988 Demo-
cratic nomination, was in
Israel recently, trying to por-
tray himself as the man most
able to bring about a com-
prehensive settlement be-
tween Israel and her Arab
neighbors. In the process,
Sen. Gore may have created
more confusion than clarity,
according to reports from
Israel radio and Gore's office
here in Washington.
According to a Kol Yisrael
report, Gore responded to a
question from an Israeli
reporter by stating em-
phatically that he supports
the idea of moving the
American embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem. Moments
later, however, after being
handed a slip of paper by an
aide, the senator qualified
that statement.
Gore's Washington office
agreed that contradictory
reports were circulating
about what the Senator said
during his visit. "What
Senator Gore said is that we
would consider moving the
embassy to Jerusalem," accor-
ding to a press aide. "As a
matter of practicality, it will
happen in the future. But the
timing is very important—
and negotiations would have
to accompany such a move."
The aide also repeated
Gore's assertion that, if
elected, the senator would
become "personally involved"
in Middle East peace.
In another front, there is
mounting talk that Secretary
of Education William J. Ben-
nett is actively courting
Jewish support as a precursor
to a 1988 vice-presidential
bid.
"This is a very attractive,
intelligent man," according to
a senior Jewish lobbyist here
who has met with the con-
troversial cabinet member a
number of times over the
years. "We have had our run-
ins with him over things like
voucher programs. But he
gives a great speech, he's not
afraid of controversy, and he
seems to like to deal with
Jewish audiences. Over a
period of time, he has been in-
terested in the views of the
Jewish community. Undoubt-
edly, the potential for neo-
conservative support in a
previously liberal community
is very attractive to him."
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