z 0 O • foloMMMffa CELEBRATING OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY I- • C5 en CC 0 z z Zalman Shoval Yaron has taken steps to improve relations with the rank-and-file press. But pro- gress has been slow — and hindered by the fact that too often, the embassy does not have the answers that reporters demand. The diminished role of Israel's embassy here is hardly unique in this era when instant, direct com- munication between world capitals increasingly takes the place of slower, more genteel modes of diplomacy. But the Israelis have more to lose in Washington than the representatives of most nations. No other country is quite as dependent on what happens in Congress and at the White House; few other_ nations have so much at stake in the arena of Ameri- can public opinion. Jewish activists here hope that the purported new Israeli ambassador, Zalman Shoval, will be able to carve out a clearer role for the em- bassy here and find ways to reach out to both political leaders and the media in Washington. But for the Israelis, it will take some fundamental changes in philosophy and some creative thinking about the role of its diplo- mats in this country. ❑ I NEWS 1 Congress Approves Sanctions Against Iraq Washington (JTA) — Both houses of Congress have ap- proved sanctions against Iraq, including ending $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation credit guar- antees that was designated this year. But under both versions of the sanctions, President Bush could continue those credits if he certifies that Iraq is in "substantial com- pliance" with international treaties that prohibit, among other things, genocide, the use of asphyx- iating or poisonous gases and the stockpiling of biological weapons or other toxins. By an 83 to 12 vote, the Senate approved such lang- uage sponsored by Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) as an amendment to a mammoth farm bill. The House, by a vote of 234 to 175, approved similar language sponsored by Rep. Dan Glickman (D-Kan.). The sanctions follow U.S. criticism of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for alleged- ly trying to smuggle nuclear trigger devices from the United States to Iraq. "America cannot continue business as usual with the butcher of Baghdad," Sen. D'Amato said on the Senate floor. "While we have underwritten Saddam Hus- sein to the tune of $4 billion since 1983, he is making massive purchases of weapons that threaten to undermine the fragile peace. State Department deputy spokesman Richard Boucher, however, argued that the bills "would not help us to achieve U.S. goals with Iraq." John Kelly, assistant sec- retary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian af- fairs, told Congress last month that such sanctions, to be effective, require multinational curbs. Otherwise, U.S. allies will jump to fill the void and American farmers will be hurt for no tangible benefit, Mr. Kelly told the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. 0 M C) O 0 • • O ARIZONIAN ALL SEASON RADIALS LLI ec CI) 0 0 WHITEWALLS 0 cn • i e rA sia C cc. a • t se) - N\4(`-t- 0 c, —1 4i$116 0 0 P155/80R13 Size L: