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president, though probably
sincere in his desire to help
bring a peace settlement to
the region, is undoubtedly
more realistically concerned
with re-election. The problem
being, Mr. Bush does not
understand Israelis, and he
certainly does not understand
Hebrew.
In Hebrew it's called dafka,
and in the streets of Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem, or even Kiryat
Shmona it translates into
something like this: a car
tries to cut in front of you on
the road, rudely, without even
using his turn indicator, as if
it was his right to go in front
of you. Dafka — if you not on-
ly don't let that driver go in
front of you, you go out of your
way to make it twice as dif-
ficult for him. That's dafka —
somebody's rude, you go out of
your way to be rude back just
to make a point.
On the other hand, if that
same person asks politely to
cut in front of you, like a
mentsh, you go out of your
way to help him. A smile, a
shalom, probably an invita-
tion to dinner or even a bar
mitzvah. That's just how peo-
ple are in Israel. They are in-
credibly warm, yet incredibly
principled.
Mr. Bush, unfortunately, is
working towards finding him-
self the recipient of one major
Israeli dafka. Nobody likes
having their hands tied,
especially not a proud Israeli.
If the Israeli public feels the
political strategy the White
House is playing is designed
to cut them off, watch out!
They'll pull a dafka faster
than you can say "George
Bush who?" Even the ardent
land-for-peace activist would
be hard pressed to go into the
ring fighting for George
Bush's re-election campaign.
Thank you, Mr. Bush. By
jeopardizing the trust we
thought we could count on in
Washington, a trust that we
thought would give us the
security to actually talk
seriously with our neighbors,
you have succeeded only in
crippling our faith in you.
New World Order? My way or
the highway? I only wonder,
what will be next?
Danny Aronson
Tel Aviv
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Washington (JTA) — The
American Jewish Congress
is urging a Senate-House
conference committee to
adopt an amendment to the
defense appropriations bill
denying military contracts
to foreign companies that
adhere to the Arab League
boycott against Israel.
The amendment, introduc-
ed by Sen. Timothy Wirth,
D-Colo., was adopted Sept.
26 by the Senate, which
voted 99-0. The House bill
approving Defense Depart-
ment appropriations for
1992 did not contain the
provision, and the con-
ference committee must now
resolve differences between
the House and Senate ver-
sions.
In a letter to the members
of the conference committee,
AJCongress points out that
the provision would
"eliminate or reduce the ad-
vantage foreign firms now
enjoy over their American
competitors subject to the
U.S. boycott laws and would
weaken the impact of the
odious boycott law."
The letter was signed by
Will Maslow, AJCongress
general counsel and editor of
its monthly newsletter
"Boycott Report," and Mark
Pelavin, the organization's
Washington representative.
Sen. Wirth said that while
the Arab primary and
secondary boycotts "have
been a shackle on the Israeli
economy," the secondary
boycott also has meant econ-
omic losses for American
firms that trade with Israel.
"The very government
that enforces anti-boycott
legislation for its own
American companies should
not be in the business of
rewarding foreign com-
panies that comply with the
boycott by allowing them to
receive government con-
tracts," the senator said.
The Wirth amendment
would deny Pentagon con-
tracts over $25,000 to for-
eign companies that comply
with the secondary boycott
of Israel. The firms would
have to certify that they are
not complying with the Arab
boycott when bidding for a
contract.
Sen. Wirth and Rep. Sam
Gejdenson, D-Conn., in-
troduced legislation in July
to require foreign firms bid-
ding for any U.S. govern-
ment contract to certify they
are not complying with the
Arab boycott. The legisla-
tion is awaiting action in the
Senate Government Affairs
Committee.