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Slow And Steady Is
Bush's Plan For Now
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he United States is not
going to be pressured
into moving too quick-
ly to revive Arab-Israeli peace
negotiations, the National
Security Adviser in the White
House, Brent Scowcroft, has
insisted.
"I believe it's important to
look beyond just a peace con-
ference," he said. "It is not an
end in itself, but only a means
to an end. I think it's impor-
tant to investigate what ex-
actly is a possible outcome of
that conference, whether it
would in fact advance the
course of peace or simply
result in in stalemate."
At a news conference Tues-
day, President George Bush
defended his administration's
decision to take a slow ap-
proach to the Arab-Israeli
peace process even as the
Soviet Union intensifies its
relationship.
Bush said the immediate
objective of U.S. policy toward
the Middle East conflict is "to
encourage discussions bet-
ween King Hussein and the
Israelis!'
Interviewed on ABC's
"Good Morning America,"
Scowcroft said it was "too ear-
ly to say" whether these
Soviet's preliminary discus-
sions would lead to genuine
progress.
Scowcroft said that Bush
and other top administration
officials still were deeply in-
volved in an across the board
review in several foreign
policy areas, including the
Middle East.
"The important thing is to
get in place a policy and a
course of direction that we
feel can be sustained over the
long-term," Scowcroft said.
"That's what we're about
now. We don't want to take a
day longer than is necessary,
but we certainly don't want to
come to premature conclu-
sions!" Secretary of State
James Baker also said there
are some new opportunities
available to advance the
Arab-Israeli peace process
"that haven't existed before."
Baker specifically cited the
opening of U.S. talks with the
Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation and the criticism of
Israel contained in the most
recent State Department
human rights report. Both
developments have angered
Israeli officials.
His remarks came just after
the Washington Post and ABC
News released the results of a
new poll which showed a
serious erosion of American
public support for Israel.
Israeli officials and
American Jewish leaders
were clearly alarmed by the
results of the poll. They said
it would automatically put
greater pressure on Israel to
come forward with its own
peace initiative in the coming
weeks.
Still, Baker welcomed a
"limited" involvement of the
Soviets in the peace process.
He called on them to
reestablish diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel and to
reduce their support for
radical Arab states, such as
Syria and Libya.
Following meetings in
Tokyo with Bush Jordan's
King Hussein said he now
and greater confidence in the
U.S. president's approach.
In an interview on "CBS
This Morning," the king also
said that the United States
and the Soviet Union should
work together to convene an
international conference.
"This is an opportunity that
may not come again if we
don't move and the chance is
lost," he said.
But he remained concerned
about the willingness of the
Israeli government to follow
suit. Israel, he added, must
accept the convening of an in-
ternational conference, in-
cluding the five permanent
members of the UN Security
Council and the PLO.
Meanwhile, Israeli Minister
of Commerce and Industry
Ariel Sharon in an interview
with the Wall Street Journal
charged that the PLO, despite
its more moderate rhetoric,
has given "specific orders and
instructions" to undertake
more intensive terrorist
operations against Israel
through the PLO's elite Force
17 unit."
I NEWS I
Israelis Claim
Russian Spied
Tel Aviv (JTA) — A 35-year-
old former emigre from the
Soviet Union has confessed to
spying for the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
The court forbade dis-
closure of the man's identity
or details of the charges
against him, but it is known
that he worked for a govern-
ment organization.
The man reportedly told the
authorities he spied for
money and meant no harm to
Israel though he was "disap-