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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988
srael's recent election
may have exploded on the
international scene, but
the sound was more of a dull
thud here in Washington.
The political state of limbo
in the Capitol—the inevitable
result of a Congress out on
the hustings and an ad-
ministration in the process of
closing up shop—muted reac-
tion to the vote in Israel. The
expected State Department
reassurances were accom-
panied by the equally ex-
pected grumbling from mid-
level diplomats who had been
hoping for a Labor victory—
but any serious reaction will
have to wait until a new ad-
ministration begins to
coalesce.
At the same time, several
staffers and lobbyists involv-
ed in Middle East issues in-
dicated that the election
could be a wild card in
January, when the new Con-
gress begins to consider next
year's budget.
Last year, the intifida was
largely absent from discus-
sions about Israel's $3 billion
in U.S. aid. But this year, with
the disorders stretching out
indefinitely and the Shultz
initiative looking more and
more like a dead issue, several
congressional sources here
predicted a livelier foreign aid
battle.
Some Middle East experts
predict a lower-profile U.S.
Middle East role as a result of
the election. Other
Washington sources go fur-
ther and suggest that the
election will contribute to
what they see as a cooling off
towards Israel already taking
place.
`English Only'
Challenge Is
Applauded
Jewish activists here were
pleased by the recent Justice
Department action challeng-
ing a Florida referendum
dealing with the question of
whether English should be
declared the official language
of the state.
The Florida initiative, one
of three "English only"
measures on state ballots, has
been widely criticized by
Jewish groups. "We have
maintained that this English
only movement has been us-
ed to exploit the widespread
fear of immigrants," said
Judy Golub, assistant
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Soviet Jewry demonstrations, like this one in New York last spring, could
resume with United States red tape as the target.
Washington representative of
the American Jewish Corn-
mittee, a group that has op-
posed federal and state
legislation designed to limit
the use of other languages in
areas with high concentra-
tions of foreign born. "We see
it as a real threat to the
pluralism that has always
been important to the Jewish
community."
The English-first move-
ment, which began in Califor-
nia, is supported by an array
of conservative heavy-hitters,
from Phyllis Schlafly to Lin-
da Chavez. Recently, Chavez
resigned from U.S. English, a
coalition supporting English
only initiatives, when it was
revealed that members of the
group's board had connections
to extemist groups advocating
harsh restrictions on
immigration.
"Essentially, English lang-
uage amendments are divis-
ive in terms of community
relations and derogatory to
various minority groups;"
said Mark Freedman, ex-
ecutive director of the
American Jewish Congress
Southeastern division. "And
the evidence suggests that
such laws would do absolute-
ly nothing to assist in the
supposed goal—increasing
English proficiency."
Roadblocks To
Emigres Worse
Last week, this column
reported on concerns among
Soviet Jewry activists that
budgetary problems and
bureaucratic foot-dragging
could jeopardize the growing
flood of Soviet Jews seeking
entry into this country.
Now, there are indications
that these predictions were
too conservative. According to
reports early this week, the
embassy in Moscow has
already stopped processing
Soviet citizens who have been
granted exit permits.
This is especially disturb-
ing to Jewish activists, since
these people are caught in a
kind of bureaucratic limbo.
"We've created a whole new
category of people who are in
a precarious position," said
David Harris of the American
Jewish Committee. "Maybe
we should call them 'wait-
niks.' "
According to early reports,
visa allotments for the first
quarter of the fiscal year that
started on Oct. 1 have already
been used up. As a result, the
single Immigration and
Naturalization Service officer
stationed in Moscow to han-
dle the backlog of some 8,500
hopeful emigres has been
withdrawn.
This latest hitch comes as
Soviet Jews continue to apply
for visas at an accelerating
rate, along with a growing
number of Armenians and
other Soviet nationalities.
Last summer, a similar
shutdown occurred when the
State Department refugee
budget ran out. At the time,
Congress passed a "dire
needs" special appropriation,
but some Soviet Jewry ac-
tivists have charged that the
full amount of that appropria-
tion was not applied to the
immigration problem in
Moscow.
After the last snafu, the
State Department assured
Soviet Jewry activists that it
was ready to handle the ex-
pected influx.