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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991
Meeting Urges
Settlement Freeze
Washington (JTA) — Con-
cern that the current con-
troversy over Israeli set-
tlements could lead to an
erosion of support for Israel
in the United States is one of
the reasons that a group of
Jewish leaders have called
on Israel to freeze its expan-
sion of settlements in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Theodore Mann of
Philadelphia, a co-chairman
of Project Nishma, gave this
explanation after 10 mem-
bers of the group met here
with Israeli Ambassador
Zalman Shoval.
"The basic American
public support for Israel is
waning," said Mr. Mann, a
former chairman of the Con-
ference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations.
"That troubles us more
than anything else, because
in the end, you cannot
separate the United States
Congress from the American
people."
Project Nishma, a group of
more than 100 prominent
Jews, including many
former heads of major Jew-
ish organizations, issued a
statement last week calling
on Israel to announce a tem-
porary freeze on settlements
and to extend it if there is a
reciprocal response from the
Arab states and the Palesti-
nians.
Mr. Mann conceded that
members of Project Nishma
had long been opposed to
Israel's settlement policy.
But he said the statement
was issued out of concern
that the controversy over
Israel's rapid expansion of
settlements is jeopardizing
the peace process, Israel's
attempt to win U.S. loan
guarantees and even foreign
investment in Israel.
He said the controversy
during the last three weeks
has escalated to such an ex-
tent that it is endangering
the continuation of Israel's
annual U.S. economic and
military aid.
"It might indeed become
popular to vote differently
on aid to Israel" in Congress,
which has long overwhelm-
ingly supported such aid,
Mr. Mann warned.
Mr. Mann and Esther
Leah Ritz of Milwaukee, a
member of the Jewish Agen-
cy Board of Governors, said
President Bush was partly to
blame for the current situa-
tion because of the harsh
rhetoric he used in his
demands for a postponement
until next year of the
legislation authorizing the
loan guarantees.
But their chief culprit was
Israeli Housing Minister
Ariel Sharon. They accused
him of making provocative
attacks on the Bush ad-
ministration and of in-
sulting Secretary of State
James Baker directly by
allowing the expansion or
building of new settlements
just prior to each of Baker's
visits to Israel this summer.
Many Americans, in-
cluding Jews, were upset by
the insults to Baker, Mr.
Mann said.
He said Project Nishma's
statement is aimed primari-
ly at the Israeli public,
which it hopes to convince
that the settlement policy is
jeopardizing Israel's rela-
tions with its most impor-
tant benefactor.
The off-the-record meeting
with Mr. Shoval was held in
,\
"The basic
American public
support for Israel
is waningP
Theodore Mann
Project Nishma
part to explain Project
Nishma's views to the
Israeli government.
When an Israeli reporter
suggested that Israelis
would view Project Nishma's
statement as interfering in
Israeli domestic affairs, Mr.
Mann replied that the future
of the territories is of
"enormous importance" to
all Jews.
Ms. Ritz said American
Jewish leaders have ex-
pressed their views on the
"Who Is a Jew" issue and
other Israeli controversies
that could be considered do-
mestic issues.
Mr. Mann conceded that
Israelis might give more
consideration if a public
statement calling for a
freeze was issued by current
leaders of Jewish organiza-
tions.
Project Nishma is made up
mostly of former chairper-
sons, presidents and ex-
ecutive directors of Jewish
organizations, who formed
the organization as a plat-
form to speak out on issues
involving Israeli peace and
security.
Mr. Mann said current
leaders can only speak in the
name of their organizations
and, except for a few, most
Jewish organizations have
not taken a position on the
settlements.
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