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Washington (JTA) — The
continuing Arab economic
boycott of Israel could end up
hurting the Palestinians as
much or more than it hurts
the Israelis, a high-level
Clinton administration offi-
cial has warned an Arab
American group.
Dennis Ross, the State
Department's coordinator
for the Middle East peace
process, told the annual con-
vention of the National
Association of Arab Ameri-
cans that the boycott must
end.
"We're at a point where
Israelis and Palestinians are
now talking about real econ-
omic cooperation, not just
coordination," said Mr. Ross,
who recently returned from
a shuttle mission to the
Middle East.
"At a time when Palestin-
ians and Israelis are work-
ing together to mutual econ-
omic benefit, it is ironic that
the boycott will end up
punishing the Palestinians
as much if not more than it
punishes the Israelis," he
said.
The administration has
been working to encourage
private American in-
vestment in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip as the
Israeli-Palestinian accord on
autonomy is implemented.
Mr. Ross told the assembl-
ed members of the important
Arab- American lobbying
group that such investment
would be hurt by the con-
tinuation of the boycott.
"The boycott is against
American law, and at a time
when we are seeing Ameri-
can businesses and private
American initiatives in-
creasingly demonstrated,"
he said, "the boycott is going
to be an impediment to that.
We don't need it, and it
needs to be removed."
Mr. Ross also spoke of the
"mutual commitment to try-
ing to find an agreement"
that he saw in both Israel
and Syria on his recent trip.
Negotiations between
Israel and Syria have been
stalled over definitions of
peace and territorial com-
promise, and the United
States has been pushing the
parties to make progress.
The State Department of-
ficial also spoke of the im-
portance of building an
"environment" conducive to
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Economic Boycott
May Hurt Palestinians
Robert Lifton and Henry Siegman of the AJCongress met with Talah at-Hassan
to seek an end to the boycott.
Middle East peace.
He noted some "positive
signs in terms of Arab
outreach to the Israelis"
since the Israeli-Palestinian
agreement, including the re-
cent announcement by the
foreign minister of Qatar
that he had met with Israeli
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres.
Recent Israeli reports that
were not denied by the
Israeli government said that
an Israeli official had been
in Qatar for discussions with
the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
Also speaking out against
the boycott at the Arab
group's convention was Sen.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
chairman of the Senate Ap-
propriations subcommittee
on foreign operations, which
appropriates foreign aid
money.
Mr. Leahy told members of
the group that Arab states'
refusal to end the boycott
would have an "adverse
effect on Capitol Hill,"
where many lawmakers are
still wary of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Jewish Peace Corps
Goes To Third World
San Francisco (JTA) — Jews
have served in the Peace
Corps for decades. But until
now, they have lacked a
specifically Jewish context
for aiding the developing
world.
Enter the newly estab-
lished Jewish Volunteer
Corps, which sends Ameri-
can Jews on volunteer stints
in Third World countries
and encourages them to
share their experiences with
the Jewish community upon
their return.
The sharing of their expe-
riences is designed "to help
the Jewish community here
understand the difficulties of
the Third World, to make
them understand that we're
all linked with these people
and that it's our respon-
sibility to reach out" said
David Blumberg, a co-chair
of the local JVC committee.
Sponsored by the Ameri-
can Jewish World Service
and co- sponsored by the
Reform, Conservative and
Reconstructionist
movements, the JVC is in its
pilot phase and is seeking an
initial group of volunteers
willing to share their profes-
sional skills in such coun-
tries as Mexico, Honduras,
Colombia, Guatemala, Zim-
babwe, Nigeria, Senegal and
South Africa.
They will work in those
places for periods ranging
from one month to one year,
contributing time and
knowledge to a variety of
projects already supported
by the American Jewish
World Service, an interna-
tional development and