doubts about this ad-
ministration's basic com-
mitment to Israel, this an-
swers their concerns in a for-
thright manner," said Mat-
thew Brooks, executive di-
rector of the National Jew-
ish Coalition, a group of
Jewish Republicans.
But others took a dimmer
view of the president's
sincerity.
"On Sept. 12, when the
president was banging on
his podium and turning red
in the face over the influence
of the Jews, he knew exactly
what he was saying," said a
top political consultant in
Washington. "This is not a
president who has spon-
taneous outbursts. He was
throwing a match on anti-
Semitism."
The Klein letter, said
several Jewish activists, was
an obvious attempt to win
back at least a small percen-
tage of the Jewish vote as a
hedge against a tight elec-
tion in November — a ploy
that, they suggested, is
unlikely to pay big divi-
dends.
"They're finally waking
up to the notion that in the
Jewish community, there is
a sense that the administra-
tion has gone out of its way
to alienate people," said po-
litical scientist Norman
Ornstein. "I can't see that
continuing."
Syria Urged:
Release Jews
Despite the demands of
election-year politics, legis-
lators have not forgotten
about Jews trapped in Syria.
Last week, in a letter to
Syria's president, Hafez al-
Assad, 69 senators, led by
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-
Mass., urged the Syrian to
end his country's occupation
of Lebanon, extradite former
SS captain Alois Brunner,
halt its buildup of offensive
weapons — and allow Jewish
citizens to emigrate.
The letter also warned
that progress on these issues
is warranted before relations
between Washington and
Damascus can be normaliz-
ed, and before Syria can be
removed from the official list
of nations supporting terror-
ism.
The letter was the result of
a joint effort by the Boston
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council, B'nai B'rith
and the Council for the Res-
cue of Syrian Jews, which
worked with Sen. Kennedy's
staff to develop the letter
and gather signatures.
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