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columnist Pat Buchanan's
anti-aid sentiments ap-
parently striking a respon-
sive chord in the American
electorate.
And there have been grow-
ing indications that the ad-
ministration may seek to use
Israel's aid as another lever
in their efforts to force a set-
tlements freeze.
Tom Dine, executive direc-
tor of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC), publicly voiced
that fear in a speech to the
UJA Young Leadership Con-
ference in Washington.
"Already the State
Department has raised the
possibility that economic aid
is next on the list of levers
that may be pulled to
pressure Israel," he said.
"Political people around this
town are whispering: 'only
the beginning.' "
Averting that possibility
will now become the top
priority of Jewish activists
here in the capital.
, If Congress is angry about
the administration's hard-
headedness, the Jewish
community is even angrier.
"The Jewish community is
nursing a sense of
grievance," said Henry
Siegman, executive director
of the American Jewish
Congress. "The next time
the Jewish community is
given a solid reason to
mount a major political
effort, I think they'll be
there en masse. I don't
believe for a moment that
the loan guarantee issue has
caused a demoralization."
Many Jewish activists are
channeling some of their
anger through participation
in Democratic presidential
campaigns, according to
William Rapfogel of the
Uninion of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations' Institute for
Public Affairs.
Morrie Amitay, a longtime
political activist and former
executive director of AIPAC,
said "the only real option" is
to elect a Democratic presi-
dent.
"People realize now that
another four years of Baker
and Bush would be a
disaster."
The apparent failure of the
loan guarantee compromise
will also put enormous new
pressures on American Jew-
ish organizations.
Israeli Defense Minister
Moshe Arens hinted of this
on Monday, when he told a
UJA Young Leadership
group that the worldwide
Jewish community would
have to help make up the
shortfall resulting from the
failed guarantee effort.
Jewish organizations in
this country, already reeling
from the ongoing recession,
the explosion of pressing
domestic needs and the huge
amounts of money already
raised on Israel's behalf,
may be forced to make some
hard choices.
"Given the huge dimen-
sions involved, the Jewish
community just doesn't have
the capacity to make up the
difference," said Mark
Talisman, Washington di-
rector for the Council of Jew-
ish Federations. "The com-
munity has already com-
mitted to a $900 million pri-
vate loan guarantee, plus a
billion for Operation Ex-
odus, plus regular campaign
activity."
The administration's de-
termination to link the
guarantees to political fac-
tors, he said, will result in
new danger and misery for
Jews of the former Soviet
Union — and wrenching new
demands on Jewish organ-
izations here.
"It's unprecedented for
any private sector commun-
ity to be asked to make these
kinds of commitments," he
said. "It's going to have a
major impact on the Ameri-
can Jewish infrastructure."
The Jewish fund-raising
base, he said, is largely
tapped out; the community
needs to quickly find ways to
attract the large number of
Jews who never contribute.
"Maybe the events of the
past few weeks will help br-
ing people in," he said. "It's
clearer than ever that we
have to rely on ourselves."
Rep. Larry Smith argued
that Israel's friends need to
take a much more assertive
stance.
"My advice is that above
anything else, the Jewish
community needs not to
duck its head, like we did in
September," he said. "We
can't just wait, saying 'this,
too, shall pass.' We have to
be out there bitterly criticiz-
ing what is very bad policy."
Other Jewish activists
noted that the loan guar-
antee idea may not be totally
dead.
Rabbi David Saperstein,
director of the Religious Ac-
tion Center of Reform
Judaism, said that in a mon-
th or two, the request may be
resurrected.
"I think the Jewish corn-
munty will respond to such
an effort, even those who
have opposed settlements,
because it's the right thing."
He added that Congress
"may be eager to demon-
strate its continuing support
for Israel in the face of the
administration's growing
hostility." El
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