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Jerusalem (JTA) — A dele-
gation of the American Jew-
ish Congress this week re-
ported a "profound change"
in the attitudes toward
Israel after meetings with
leaders of Arab countries
and Palestine Liberation
Organization Chairman
Yassir Arafat.
In the wake of the declara-
tion of principles signed by
Israel and the PLO in Wash-
ington, there appears to be a
"deep and abiding commit-
ment to help move the peace

Robert Lifton:
President of the AJCongress.

process forward," said
Robert Lifton, president of
AJCongress.
A top-level Jordanian offi-
cial said, "We no longer
want to throw Israel in the
sea, we want to swim with"
it, reported Henry Siegman,
executive director of the
AJCongress.
While the Jewish leaders
secured no commitments to
end the Arab boycott against
Israel, they were confident
they impressed upon their
hosts that the boycott is an
impediment to the successful
development of the nascent
Palestinian economy.
The delegation called a
news conference here to
report on its meetings in
Egypt with President Hosni
Mubarak and Mr. Arafat; in
Saudi Arabia with the for-
eign minister, Prince Saud
Faisal, and other Saudi
leaders, including the min-
ister of Islamic affairs; and
in Jordan with King Hus-
sein and Crown Prince
Hassan.
The group was accorded

"remarkable access," Mr.
Siegman said.
This indicates that Arab
leaders realize the influence
of America's opinion and
role in the region as well as
"their perception of the im-
portance of the American
Jewish community in shap-
ing that opinion," said Mr.
Siegman.
At Mr. Mubarak's invita-
tion, Mr. Arafat flew from
Tunis to meet the delegates,
who included business
leaders.
They told Mr. Arafat that
it is urgent that the Palesti-
nians start to pull together
an infrastructure to deal
with the money coming into
the Gaza Strip and the West
Bank town of Jericho, where
autonomy will be
implemented first.
Money is coming from do-
nor countries as well as from
private investors.
The investment is needed
to raise the standard of liv-
ing quickly for the Palestin-
ians "on the ground, so
everyone has a stake in the
process," Mr. Lifton said.
"No American CEO will
take the risk," and "no cor-
porate counsel in America"
will advise a client to get in-
volved in a joint venture
that would risk violating
U.S. anti-boycott laws, said
Mr. Lifton.
Mr. Mubarak was "visibly
moved," he said, when the
impact of the secondary
boycott against Israel was
explained. "They thought
the American Jewish com-
munity would rush in with
all (their) money to support
the process and they were
shocked to find (American
business leaders) say that's
not going to happen."
The group conveyed the
message that "the Israeli
public has had a lot to
swallow" with the PLO ac-
cord and that it is essential
that the Arab world show
some reciprocity, Mr. Lifton
said.
But, Mr. Siegman said, the
Arab leaders indicated that
the absence of any formal
peace agreement with Syria
inhibits them from taking
more formal steps toward
normalization with Israel.
The group had expected no
immediate results, Mr. Lif-
ton said. "It's a process of
dripping water on a
stone."

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