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their thanks by being flexi-
ble.
"What real politick teaches
us is that states' interests
take precedence over any
sentiments of gratitude,"
said Dr. Gitelman, also U-M
professor of Judaic studies.
"We've had long succes-
sions of U.S. secretaries of
state and presidents who've
had to relearn the same old
lesson about the Arab-Israeli
dispute — that it's quite in-
tractable," he added.
Marvin Feuerwerger,
senior strategic fellow at the
Washington Institute for
Near East Policy, is not op-
timistic about the Baker
plan as long as Syria ,re-
mains an outsider.
"Syria is the only signifi-
cant military threat to
Israel" and has the ability to
influence Jordan, Mr.
Feuerwerger said. "If you
exclude Syria, you can't end
the Israeli-Arab dispute."
Whether Syria par-
ticipates in a conference is
completely in the hands of
its president, Mr.
Feuerwerger said. And Mr.
Assad is unlikely to make
any compromises when it
comes to territory. Syria is
especially eager for the
return of the Golan Heights,
which Israel captured in
1967 and annexed in 1981.
And don't look for U.S. in-
fluence to play much of a
role in changing Mr. Assad's
mind, Mr. Feuerwerger said.
Though Syria wants to im-
prove political and economic
ties with the United States,
the Arab nation is not
dependent on American
tourism, financial aid or
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"There's very little we can
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do to Syria that we haven't
already done," Mr.
Feuerwerger said.
The United States can in-
fluence Jordan, he said. The
question is whether Ameri-
can or Syrian ties are more
important to King Hussein.
It's still possible Jordan
could come to negotiations
with Israel and a Palestin- ••1
ian representative, though
without Syria's participa-
tion such talks would
necessarily be limited, Mr.
Feuerwerger said.
Earlier this week, King
Hussein expressed interest -4
in a Jordanian-Palestinian
delegation. Mr. Daghistani
of the Jordanian embassy
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said the king is still con-
sidering such a proposal,
with Palestinian represent-
atives chosen by the Pales-
tinian people.
But any talks eventually
would have to include Syria,
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he said. "Syria's presence is
vital to finding a solution."
Syria's participation also
is said to be necessary to br-
ing Saudi Arabia to peace
talks. So far, Saudi Arabia
has expressed interest in
joining negotiations only as
an observer with the Gulf
Cooperation Council.
Representatives of the
GCC, which also includes
Kuwait, Qatar, Oman,
Bahrain and the United
Arab Emirates, said they
were willing to discuss re-
gional issues, such as water
control, with Israel. But this
would not constitute actual
peace talks.
Spokesmen at the Syrian
embassy declined to com-
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security affairs that is
listened to by the president.
"The Jewish community
should listen to him and not
listen to the diatribes from
people who don't know him,"
Mr.. Alexander said. "We
couldn't have a better friend
or a better ear in the White
House."
Morry Amitay, director for
the Washington Political
Action Committee, said Mr.
Quayle's voting record as a
member of the U.S. House
from 1977 to 1981 and U.S.
Senate from 1981 until he
became vice president was
"not that good, but it was
pretty good."
But, Mr. Amitay said, the
vice president is tops at the
White House.
"The Jewish community
should know how the White
House lineup goes," Mr.

Amitay said. "In the ad-
ministration lot, he has been
the most positive and friend-
ly toward Israel — • ahead of
Bush, John Sununu (chief of
staff), James Baker (secre-
tary of state) and Dick
Cheney (defense secretary),"
Mr. Amitay said.
Some influential Dem-
ocratic friends of Israel, in-
cluding Sen. George Mit-
chell of Maine, were guarded
about commenting on Mr.
Quayle's Israel record.
One congressional source
who requested anonymity
said Mr. Quayle's support of
Israel is odd and might
parallel views of right-wing
Christians who adopted
Israel in the past decade as a
good cause.
An aide to Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, D-N.J., said the
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