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1/22/93
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Washington (JTA) — Much
to the relief of advocates for
Israel, vacancies on the con-
gressional committees
charged with responsibility
for foreign aid are being fill-
ed with trusted friends and
political heavyweights
committed to a strong inter-
national role for the United
States.
Supporters of Israel warn,
however, that they cannot
afford to be sanguine in a
domestic climate increasing-
ly wary of foreign aid. And
they expect to expend a lot of
energy sensitizing especially
new members of the 103rd
Congress to the importance
of close U.S.-Israeli rela-
tions.
While the Senate com-
mittee assignments and
some of the subcommittee
chairmanships in the House
of Representatives will not
be decided until next month,
most of the vacancies on the
full committees of the House
were filled last week.
The new configuration of
two key committees has
assuaged the worst fears of
Israel's supporters after a
political season that em-
phasized domestic priorities
at the expense of foreign af-
fairs and ended with the
departure of some key pro-
Israel lawmakers.
The members of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
and the Appropriations sub-
committee on foreign opera-
tions, which are charged
with authorizing and ap-
propriating foreign aid, were
greeted as welcome news by
the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, the
powerful pro-Israel lobby.
"While the challenges the
pro-Israel community faces
in the coming years continue
to be daunting, the news
that so many friends of the
U.S.-Israel relationship will
be sitting on key committees
goes a long way toward help-
ing meet those challenges,"
said Ester Kurz, AIPAC's
legislative director.
One new member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee
is Rep. Charles Schumer,
D-N.Y., a longtime friend of
Israel who some say is well
positioned to take over the
leadership of departing pro-
Israel Reps. Mel Levine, D-
Calif., Larry Smith, D-Fla.,
and Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y.
Mr. Schumer is "very
bright, knows the issues and
formulates them in a way
that helps crystallize opi-
nion and attention," said
Jess Hordes, director of the
Anti-Defamation League's
Washington office.
"I think he's going to be
one of the major players in
foreign affairs, which is very
important for the pro-Israel
community," said Mr.
Hordes, who got to know Mr.
Schumer on a congressional
trip to Israel he led two
summers ago.
The ADL official described
Mr. Schumer as one of the
Jewish community's
greatest assets."
Two Jewish newcomers to
Capitol Hill slated to join
Mr. Schumer on the com-
mittee are Reps.-elect Eric
Fingerhut, D-Ohio, and
Peter Deutsch, D-Fla. Mr.
Deutsch won the seat of the
retiring committee chair-
man, Rep. Dante Fascell, D-
Fla., a trusted friend and
ally of the pro-Israel cona-
munity. Both he and Mr.
Fingerhut are expected to
assume strong pro-Israel
roles.
Also noted by insiders as a
new player on the committee
is Rep.-elect Albert Wynn, -
D-Md., an African-Americ
who won a tough race on a
pro-Israel platform.
"Wynn took a political
beating (for his views) and
not only survived, but thinks
America's role in the world
is important to his consti-
tuents," said Mark Pelavin,
director of the American
Jewish Congress Washing-
ton office.
These new members will
join a committee slated to be
chaired by Rep. Lee
Hamilton, D-Ind., who en-
joys a lukewarm reputation
in the pro-Israel lobby.
If Mr. Hamilton is tapped
for a post in the new Clinton
administration, however,
the chairmanship will go to
Rep. Sam Gejdenson, D-
Conn., the son of Holocaust
survivors and a trusted ally
of Israel.
Other pro-Israel stalwarts
remaining on the committee
are Reps. Howard Berman,
D-Calif., Gary Ackerman,
D-N.Y., Tom Lantos, D-
Calif., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.,
and Benjamin Gilman, R-
N.Y., the ranking Repub-
lican member.
The composition of the
Foreign Affairs Committee
is "encouraging, despite the
foot-dragging" to fill the
seats, said Mr. Pelavin.
"