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• a freeze on political settlements
• rebuilding the economy to be able to absorb current and -future
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• electoral reform
• implement the Labor Zionist vision of a society based on
Social Justice for all citizens
• strengthen relations with the American Jewish Community

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Fall Passions Coming September 4th

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1992

Conservative columnist
Pat Buchanan may hamper
Republican efforts to appeal
to Jewish voters. The GOP
has decided to allow Mr.
Buchanan, who challenged
President Bush in the
primaries, to address its
convention in Houston.
Many Jews intensely
dislike Mr. Buchanan be-
cause of his comments about
foreign aid and the power of
the pro-Israel lobby. During
the Persian Gulf crisis, he
suggested that Israel would
be the only country to
benefit from a U.S. attack
against Saddam Hussein.
Mr. Buchanan's high-
profile role at the convention
may also neutralize one of
the weapons that Jewish
GOP activists were planning
to use in this fall's cam-
paign: Asserting that the
Clinton-Gore ticket is
tainted by being connected

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Pat Buchanan:
A GOP albatross?

to Jesse Jackson.
With their own political
albatross at the convention,
Jewish Republicans may
lose the benefit of that
argument in November.

Will F-15's Be Sent
To Saudi Arabia?

Will Saudi Arabia get
some F-15 warplanes that it
doesn't particularly want,
and that the administration
doesn't particularly want to
sell them?
That question could be an-
swered next week, when
Israeli Prime Minister Yit-
zhak Rabin visits President
Bush in Kennebunkport.
The Saudis, say Washing-
ton sources, are worried that
purchasing 72 F-15s could
further dent their serious
cash-flow problems. The ad-
ministration would like to
postpone any new Saudi
sales until after the
November elections.
So why the interest in the
rumored sale?
McDonnell-Douglas, the F-
15's manufacturer, has been
lobbying heavily for a quick
sale. It claims that produc-
tion lines for the planes will
close without new foreign
sales and thousands of
Americans would be
unemployed.
In this election year, the
prospect of another jump in
unemployment statistics is
not a happy one for the ad-
ministration.
So the administration is
caught between proposing a
new Saudi sale —and, thus,
sabotaging GOP efforts to
win back Jewish voters. Or
rejecting the sale and fuel-
ing voter anger over rising
unemployment.
Mr. Bush may look to Mr.

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"If Bush can get Rabin to 40
provide some cover — by an-
nouncing that Israel does
not view the F-15 sale as a
threat — then maybe we
might see some action on
this, in the next few weeks,"
said a leading Jewish ac-
tivist here. "Perhaps he
might even sweeten the deal 4
with some new arms or aid
for Israel." ❑

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U.S., Israel
To Aid Asians

Jerusalem (JTA) — A joint
Israeli-American delegation
will visit the Central Asian
republics of the former
Soviet Union in September
to discuss technological as-
sistance and joint projects.
The decision was reached
this week between Israeli
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres and special American
envoy Richard Armitage.
The two discussed the possi-
bility of extending
agricultural, medical and
other forms of aid to the
predominantly Moslem re-
publics.
The United States has al-
ready allocated some $4
million for this purpose and
is planning to increase its
economic aid package for the
region next year.

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