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Low Profile For Jewish
Groups on PLO Office

JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

W

hat a difference a
handshake makes.
Several years ago, leg-
islators were jumping
all over themselves trying to
erect legal barricades to keep
the Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization from doing business in
Washington. Now that Yassir
Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin have
shaken hands on the White
House lawn, the PLO is prepar-
ing to open an office here, prob-
ably within a month.
And there has been nary a
whimper from Capitol Hill. In
fact, the only people interest-
ed in the subject are State De-
partment officials who are
wading through regulations
governing relations with the
PLO. At least six separate laws,
passed over the last decade, re-
strict PLO activity in the capi-
tal. The problem for the State
Department is how to expedite
contact with the PLO without
violating the complex provisions
of these measures.
Capitol Hill observers expect
that, at the minimum, it will be

necessary to repeal a 1987
amendment to a State Depart-
ment authorization bill that
specifically banned a PLO office
in Washington. So far, the au-
thor of that legislation — Sen.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, —
has not been contacted about a
repeal.
Both in the Jewish world and
in the administration, there is
a feeling that Washington's re-
habilitation of the PLO should
proceed slowly and cautiously.
"The administration is say-
ing that it plans to move very
deliberately," said Jess Hordes,
Washington director for the
Anti-Defamation League. 'The
Jewish community seems to
agree with that. Our primary
concern is that there is ac-
countability."
Even after the State Dept.
and the PLO resume regular
contact, pro-Israel members of
Congress will press for regular
reports on whether Arafat and
PLO's various factions are liv-
ing up to his promise to quell
anti-Israel violence.

Black Caucus
And Farrakhan

Last week's announcement of
an alliance between Nation of
Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan,
and the congressional black
caucus, an increasingly impor-
tant force on Capitol Hill, may
worsen political tensions divid-
ing blacks and Jews.
The declaration of unity
came at a seminar on race and
politics at the 23rd annual
Black Caucus "legislative week-
end" at the Washington Con-
vention Center. Present were
caucus chair Rep. Kweisi
Mfume, D-Md., Rep. Maxine
Waters, D-Ca., NAACP direc-
tor Benjamin Chavis and Rev.
Jesse Jackson, whose past ties
to Mr. Farrakhan have been a
flash point in his relations with
the Jewish community.
The declaration means that
the black caucus will work more
closely with Mr. Farrakhan on
some legislative issues. The an-
nouncement may also signal
closer relations between the
him and the Rev. Jackson.
Jewish members of Congress
were surprised by the Far-
rakhan-Black Caucus alliance.
Said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.,
"I'm very troubled by it," who

Louis Farrakhan:
Will his new alliance with the Black
Caucus worsen black-Jewish
relations?

nevertheless added that he has
"a lot of respect for the Black
Caucus. It has worked very
closely with Jewish members,
and we have a lot in common
legislatively."
But the caucus' embrace of
Mr. Farrakhan, he said, reveals
a powerful insensitivity to Jew-
ish concerns.
"It's as if white legislators