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else. That's the American
way.
We've come too far and
worked too hard in this
country to abrogate our
right to support candidates
who best serve our interests.
And as for the national Jew-
ish organizations that pur-
port to speak for us, it is
more important that they
communicate our approval
or disapproval of the can-
didates than to hide their
moral outrage and suggest
that we make peace with an
administration that has too

often treated the govern-
ment of Israel with contempt
rather than respect.

For those who think it po-
litically prurient to make
peace with the White House,
remember the logic at-
tributed to Secretary of
State James Baker in assess-
ing American Jews: "F—
`em, they didn't vote for us
anyway."

My question remains: with
"friends" like that in the
administration, why should
we? 0

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Washington (JTA) —
McDonald's Corp. has
apologized to the Anti-
Defamation League on
behalf of its Japanese part-
ner's "stereotypical refer-
ences" to Jews in recent
public comments.
Den Fujita, the fast-food
company's partner, wrote a
book entitled The Jewish

Way of Doing Business,

which has sold more than 1
million copies.
He told the New York
Times in a March 22 inter-
view that business people in
Osaka "are craftier than
those from Tokyo because
Jews settled in Osaka about
1,000 years ago."
When asked about the im-
pact of his statements, Mr.
Fujita replied that he does
"not consider it insulting to
characterize Jews purely as
stereotypes."
"Please don't misunders-
tand me," he said. "I'm try-
ing to do something good for
the Jewish people. Most
Jewish people speak two or
three different languages.
They're good at mathematics.
The Japanese should learn
from that.'
Mr. Fujita has since
written another book, How

to Blow the Rich Man's
Bugle Like the Jews Do.

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In a letter to ADL Nation-
al Director Abraham Fox-
man, McDonald's Chairman
Michael Quinlan said that
he told Mr. Fujita that his
comments "could be inter-
preted as bigoted" and
"were insensitive and could
be hurtful."
But Mr. Quinlan said that
Mr. Fujita's views are "not
intentionally prejudicial,
nor his beliefs anti-Semitic."
Mr. Fujita "expressed his
personal and profound
apologies and asked me to
pass these apologies on to all
who were, or could be,

offended," Mr. Quinlan add-
ed.
Mr. Foxman said he ac-
cepts Mr. Fujita's "apology
at face value," but that he
remains "troubled by Mr.
Fujita's mind set.
"We look toward his future
actions, words and behavior
to see if he has truly
understood our discomfort,"
Mr. Foxman said.

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Israel Links With
Liechtenstein

Geneva (JTA) — Israel has
established full diplomatic
relations with Liechtens-
tein, the tiny principality
high in the Alps between
Switzerland and Austria.
Rafael Gvir, Israel's am-
bassador to Switzerland,
who was just accredited non-
resident ambassador to
Liechtenstein, presented his
credentials to that country's
de-facto ruler, Prince Hans
Adam II, at its capital,
Vaduz.
Liechtenstein, with an
area of 61 square miles and a
population of just under
28,000, historically has had
no formal diplomatic rela-
tions with any country,
though it has maintained
consulates in Switzerland.
Last month, Liechtenstein
joined the European Free
Trade Association, an econ-
omic confederation of nine
smaller countries, Switzer-
land among them, which is
similar to the European
Community.
That required establishing
full diplomatic ties with
several European states.
Prince Adam decided to in-
clude Israel as well.
The prince has handled af-
fairs of state since his father,
Prince Franz Josef II, relin-
quished responsibility in
1984 while remaining
titular head of state.

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