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JAMES D. BESSER
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s the dust clears from
the big convention
shootout in Atlanta
last week, it's becoming more
evident that Jewish groups
suffered a public relations
defeat at the hands of ad-
vocates of a minority plank
favoring Palestinian self-de-
termination.
Despite an outcome that
saved face for everyone — the
Democratic Party is deter-
mined to stay unified, at least
until mid-November — there
is a growing sense in political
circles that the pro-Israel
forces were out-generaled by
Jim Zogby, the politically sav-
vy leader of Arab-American
causes.
"The fact is, we were com-
pletely out-organized," said
one congressional staffer who
worked the crowds on the con-
vention floor. "Every Jackson
delegate who supported the
platform plank was there for
the debate — with placards.
This wasn't true for Jewish
groups."
Zogby's forces, according to
several survivors of the con-
vention, worked hard to pre-
sent their case to both
Jackson and Dukakis dele-
gates; pro-Israel forces, led by
the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
were unable to develop a
cohesive strategy for dealing
with the political hot potato.
"The Jewish community
has lost a willingness to get
its fingernails dirty," said
Marc Pearl, executive director
of the Americans for Demo-
cratic Action. "They didn't do
what needed to be done to
educate the delegate body —
and before that, the consti-
tuent body."
The result, according to a
number of Jewish activists,
was a public relations debacle
for the pro-Israel community.
According to Martin Indyk,
director of the Washington In-
stitute for Near East Studies,
all was not lost.
"For one thing, it was clear
that Zogby didn't have the
votes," said Indyk. "And the
debate alerted Gov. Dukakis
to the importance of code
words in the Middle East. He
had been wavering during the
New York primary — but he
was solid as a rock on this
one."
Not surprisingly, Republi-
can activists already are hard
at work trying to capitalize on
the Palestinian plank debate
James Zogby: Savvy
at the convention.
In particular, they hope to
keep alive in the minds of
Jewish voters the image of a
convention hall resounding
with boos during the speeches
of two of Israel's loyalist sup-
porters, Sen. Daniel Inouye
(D-Hawaii) and Rep. Charles
Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Even before the weary and
dazed Democrats fled Atlan-
ta, Bush campaigners were
already calling reporters with
the offer of a free video-tape
of the debate.
GOP insiders expect a close
election that could be
significantly affected by the
Jewish vote in key states like
New York, California and
Florida.
In one more sidebar to the
convention story, Tom Dine,
executive director of AIPAC,
was neatly captured by the
television cameras during
Gov. Dukakis' acceptance
speech.
Dine was given a place of
honor at the climax of the
convention, but his position
was not without its ironies;
Dine was in a VIP box with
former President Jimmy
Carter and Jesse Jackson,
whose ascendance in
American politics has given
AIPAC fits. AIPAC officials
reportedly were furious that
Dina had allowed himself to
be photographed with
Jackson.
AJC Working To
Aid Farmers
Hoping to stem anti-
Semitism in the drought
stricken Midwest, the
American Jewish Committee
is increasing its efforts in
America's farmlands and
looking for congressional help
to assist America's desperate
farmers.
According to Rabbi James
Rudin, interreligious affairs
director for the AJC, the farm
crisis situation puts addi-
tional pressure on farmers
and adds to the danger that
racist and anti-Semitic
groups might gain influence
in communities hard-hit by
the bad weather.
"The drought couldn't have
come at a worse time," said
Rabbi Rudin. A 1985 fact-
finding mission turned up
several extremist groups at-
tempting to capitalize on the
farm crisis. Rudin said most
of these groups have dimin-
ished thanks to Christian
groups, law enforcement
leaders and the AJC.
"As the drought continues
and becomes a national
tragedy with renewed oppor-
tunity for the extremists and
anti-Semites, we're going to
have to refocus on the whole
world of agricultural legisla-
tion," he said.
In addition to monitoring
legislation, he is is working
closely with Jim Hightower,
the Texas agriculture com-
missioner and a major figure
in the Texas-Israel project, a
model for agricultural coop-
eration between the two
governments.
Rabbi Rudin said Israel's
innovative techniques to cope
with its dry climate may hold
some important lessons for
farmers suffering from the
greenhouse effect.
"The American Jewish
community will have to play
a more informed role on
agricultural legislation," he
said. "We are very aware of
other issues — civil rights,
foreign policy, economic aid —
but when it comes to the
agricultural crisis, we haven't
devoted the kind of attention
and care it deserves!'
Metro May Take
"Offensive Ads" ,
An Arab group is again
attempting to place posters
critical of Israel on
Washington D.0?s Metro sub-
way cars.
According to Win Meisel-
man of the Committee for
Accuracy in Middle East Re-
porting in America (CAM-
ERA), a media watchdog
group, Metro may once again
accept advertising that he
calls blatantly anti-Semitic
and counter to Metro's stan-
dard policy which says "no ad
shall be offensive to any
group."
The American Arab anti-