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Jews Greasing
Transition Skids

JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

ro-Israel activists'
persistence in
weighing in with Bill
Clinton's transition
team leaders has assumed
an even greater urgency
with the new crisis ignited
by Israel's deportation of
over 400 Palestinians assoc-
iated with the Hamas
movement.
Last week, Jewish leaders
privately met with several
top transition officials, in-
cluding Sandy Berger, head
of the foreign policy tran-
sition effort, and Sara
Ehrman, director of the
campaign's Jewish opera-
tion.
Mr. Berger appears headed
for a major position at the
State Department or the Na-
tional Security Council; Ms.
Ehrman may land a post at
the White House office of
public liaison.
The session's roster
reflects the incoming ad-
ministration's inclusive ap-
proach to dealing with the
Jewish community. Atten-
ding were:
Tom Dine, chief operating
officer of the American
Israel Public Affairs Com-
mittee (AIPAC); Stephen
Grossman, AIPAC's new
president; Malcolm
Hoenlein, executive vice
president of the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions; Morrie Amitay,
treasurer of the Washington
PAC; Peter Edelman, co-
chair of Americans for Peace
Now (APN) and a major
Clinton transition leader;
Gail Pressberg, co-director of
APN's Center for Israeli
Peace and Security; and Sen.
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.
The presence of Peace Now
activists was yet another
sign of the group's excellent
ties to the new administra-

Sen. Joe Lieberman:
For a pro-Israel deputy secretary
of state.

tion — and of APN's new
stature in the Jewish polit-
ical world.
The meeting covered a
wide range of topics. Front
and center was the need to
keep the tottering peace
talks high on the Clinton
administration's foreign
policy agenda, especially
after the Hamas expulsions
and the angry reaction to it
by Arab participants in the
peace talks.
Other topics included the
growing menace of Iran, the
situation in Bosnia and the
dangerous instability of the
former Soviet Union.
Discussion also addressed
potential appointments to
the Clinton foreign policy
team, including the expected
appointment of Warren
Christopher as Secretary of
State.
Mr. Lieberman, one of
Clinton's earliest and most
active backers, urged tran-
sition leaders to consider ap-
pointing a deputy secretary
of state with strong, highly
visible pro-Israel credentials
as a way to increase the pro-
Israel community's comfort
level.

Why Bush Bombed:
A New Study

It won't come as any sur-
prise to readers of this
column, but at least now its
officials: Jews voted in the
presidential election on the
basis of a wide range of
issues, not just pro-Israel
politics.
That was the conclusion of

a survey released last week
by the National Jewish
Democratic Council, an
organization still basking in
the glow of its role in helping
the Clinton-Gore ticket win
an overwhelming majority of
the Jewish vote.
The survey showed that

