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JINSA Old Timer'
Has Seen It Before

Jewish activists have been
running around in a state of
frenzy in the last few weeks,
coping with what many see
as an unprecedented crisis in
U.S.-Israeli relations.
But a Jewish activist with
a longer historical perspec-
tive is convinced that today's,
crisis, like so many others,
will quickly recede.
"I hate to sound like an
old-timer, but I guess I am,"
said Herb Fierst, a founder
and longtime chairman of
the Jewish Institute for Na-
tional Security Affairs (JIN-
SA).
"There have been many
crises through the years, and
while I realize each new
situation is serious when it
occurs, I'm convinced that
the basic affinity between
the two countries is very
strong. One way or another,
a way is usually found to
resume the intimate rela-
tionship."
Shortly after the Yom
Kippur war, Mr. Fierst, a
Washington lawyer and
longtime Jewish activist,
became convinced that the
changing U.S.-Israeli rela-
tionship required a different
type of pro-Israel organiza-
tion.
"After the war, some of us
in the American Jewish
Committee tried to get the
group to understand the im-
portance of a strong national
defense in this country for
U.S. interests, but also for
Israel," he said.
"Reluctantly, we decided
we had to create yet another
Jewish organization — this
one to be devoted entirely to

the security aspects of the
relationship between the
United-States and Israel."
Out of that view came
JINSA, a group that presses
for a strong U.S. defense es-
tablishment and works to
strengthen the "strategic re-
lationship" between the two
countries.
"The membership of the
House and Senate were
changing, in terms of age,
and the emotional ties that
so many legislators had
towards Israel in the after-
math of World War 11 and
after the Six Day War didn't
exist in the new group," he
said. "We believed the stra-
tegic relationship would
become an important factor
in keeping these ties alive."
The end of the Cold War,
Mr. Fierst argued, has not
rendered JINSA obsolete.
Before the Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait, the group sent
out letters to a group of
retired military officials who
had been on JINSA-
sponsored trips to Israel.
"We wondered: would the
demise of Soviet communism
impact the close military
ties between the United
States and Israel?" he said.
"Without exception, they
stressed that JINSA now
had an even more important
role to play in this new envi-
ronment."
The sudden confrontation
in the Persian Gulf, he said,
only proves JINSA's basic
point — that strong U.S.
defense policies, along with
close military ties with
Israel, are the best guar-
antees of Middle East peace.

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is working for legislation in
the German Bundestag that
would fill in what most Jews
would consider an important
point, but one not addressed
in the settlement that gave
rise to the new Germany —
wording that acknowledges
German responsibility for
the Holocaust and the death
of six million Jews.
"What we're proposing is a
multi-party effort by the
Christian Democratic
Union, the Social
Democrats, the Free
Democrats and maybe the
Greens," said Dan
Mariaschin, director of
public affairs for B'nai
B'rith International.
"What we would like to see

tion that would incorporate
the wording that should
have gone into the state
treaty."
"The most important
aspect of this is to serve as a
point of reference for future
generations," Mr.
Mariaschin said. "The fact
that the new government,
early in its tenure, address-
ed itself to the historic
responsibility of the German
people will have an impor-
tant impact in shaping the
new Germany."
B'nai B'rith is working
quietly with a number of
German politicians, as well
as its own network of Jewish
activists in Germany, to
gain support.

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