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THE JE ✓ SH NEWS

Jews And Arabs
Exchange Cards

New York (JTA) — Only
hours after the historic
Israeli-Palestinian peace ac-
cord was signed at the White
House, Jewish and Arab
American leaders were
breaking bread together and
warmly chatting about
economic development pro-
jects for the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
In a scene no less revolu-
tionary than the handshake
between Israeli Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin and
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization Chairman Yassir
Arafat, Jaweed al-Ghusin,
treasurer of the PLO, could
be seen night chatting and
exchanging business cards
with Steven Grossman, pres-
ident of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee.
The two were among 700
people at a Washington re-
ception sponsored by the
American Jewish Congress,
the National Association of
Arab Americans and Project
Nishma.
The reception culminated
a day in which leaders of
both the Jewish and Arab
communities shared a num-
bing mixture of euphoria
and caution at events both
would have viewed as un-
thinkable and perhaps
undesirable only weeks ago.
It was a day which-also
began the possibility of a
shared agenda, as both
groups can now be expected
to push for American sup-
port for the nascent peace
and the Palestinian econ-
omic development necessary
to maintain it.
They also shared their first
day of joint public ap-
pearances, beginning at the
signing on the White House
lawn, concluding with the
reception, and featuring in
the middle a special briefing
for the two communities by
President Clinton, Vice
President Al Gore and Sec-
retary of State Warren
Christopher.
At the briefing, Mr. Clin-
ton was said by participants
to have set a tone of recon-
ciliation and, in effect, an
agenda of joint American
Jewish-Arab action.
He asked that Congress be
pressed to maintain its
engagement with foreign af-
fairs; suggested individual
and collective support for
projects aiding autonomy;
and asked that those with
contacts in the Middle East

use them to be supportive of
the peace process.
The president's remarks,
said Henry Siegman, presi-
dent of the AJCongress,
showed "that he under-
stands above all that
America must worry about
the security risks Israel is
taking.
"To that extent, his ap-
proach was not a balanced
one, but tilted very much to
Israel, for good and
necessary reasons. Because
only Israelis have something
tangible to give up. I think
he showed extraordinary
sensitivity and insight,"
said Mr. Siegman.

Mr. Clinton was
said to have
set a tone
of reconciliation
and an agenda of
joint action.

If the American Jews felt
comforted by Mr. Clinton's
approach, so did the Pales-
tinian Americans, for whom
the public recognition of
Arafat was a vindication of
their identity.
One stood up and told Mr.
Clinton, "I noticed that
when I used to be introduced
to people, and would say 'I'm
a Palestinian,' people would
take two steps backward. So
I would say I was Lebanese.
After today, I don't have to
do that. Thank you."
Another man, standing up
and introducing himself as a
Palestinian from Gaza via
Los Angeles, turned away
from the president and
toward the other people in
the room, and said, "To my
Jewish friends, shalom," to
loud applause.
Jews and Arabs sat
interspersed during the
briefing. Sitting next to
Lester Pollack, chairman of
the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations, was Najat
Arafat Khelil, president of
the Arab Women's Council.
Ms. Khelil's description of
her emotions of - reserved
happiness" echoed those of
many American Jews.
"Things have developed
too fast for me to digest and