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Rising Role For Rising
Sun In Mideast?

JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

A

s a settlement appears
closer in the long Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, oth-
er countries with big
pockets are expected to take on
a greater role in a region that
desperately needs an economic
lifeline. This inevitably means
a greater role for Japan, which
had uneven relations with
Israel.
Dan Mariaschin, the B'nai
Brith's director of internation-
al, governmental and Israel af,
fairs, and Steve Rosen, director
of foreign policy issues for the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC), were re-
cently hosted in Japan by a
government interested in in-
creasing its Mideast responsi-
bilities.
After his return, Mr. Mari-
aschin said the trip had
emerged from discussions they
were having with officials at the
Japanese embassy in Wash-
ington.
He added that Japanese
leaders, who expect their coun-
try to play a major role in the
Mideast's economic rejuvena-
tion, must first "understand
they have to warm up their re-
lationship with Israel. They
themselves talk about becom-
ing more 'evenhanded.' In this
case, that means moving closer
to Israel's side."
Japanese officials spoke with
Mr. Mariaschin and Mr. Rosen
of such initiatives as minister-
ial and business exchanges with
Israel and creating a formal
study group to explore econom-
ic relations with Israel.
Japan is currently Israel's
second largest trading partner,
with about $1.7 billion in busi-
ness last year — a three-fold
increase since the mid-1980s.
Recently, Japan strongly
urged Iran to back the peace
process. This uncharacteristic
foray for Japan into interna-
tional power politics, said Mr.
Mariaschin, may signal things
to come from Tokyo.
But if Japan really wants to
have a significant role in the
Mideast, Mr. Mariaschin told
his hosts in Japan, they must
use their enormous economic
clout to convince Arab trading
partners to end the boycott
against Israel.
Mr. Mariaschin and Mr.
Rosen also urged Japan to open
a branch in Israel of its exter-
nal trade organization to pro-
mote commerce between the
two countries.
`They indicated a genuine in-
terest in providing funding for

the Palestinian self-rule ar-
rangement," Mr. Mariaschin
said. "But they want the World
Bank to serve as an oversight
body for these expenditures.
They are not interested in
having this money go down a
hole." El

`Critical Mass'
For Pollard?

T

he other big news at last
week's Clinton-Rabin
meetings centered on the
continuing saga of
Jonathan Pollard. Just before
the prime minister's arrival, it
was revealed that he had sent
the president a letter in Sep-
tember urging that he commute
the convicted spy's sentence. He
repeated this plea while meet-
ing with the president on Fri-
day.
The pitch, say observers here,

Jonathan Pollard: Waiting for the
Justice Department's report on his
case.

may alter the political calculus
of the movement to win Mr. Pol-
lard's release. The Justice De-
partment's promised review of
the case for commutation is in
its final stages. Most Jewish
leaders expect the final report
to go to the Oval Office in the
next two weeks.
While there are no clues
about the report's contents,
there have been persistent fears
that the department would not
make recommendations that
might cast a negative light on
how the government handled
the original Pollard case.
But the new visibility gener-
ated at last week's Rabin-
Clinton meetings may put
additional pressure on the
Justice Department to report
quickly and positively on the
case — and on the president
to commute Mr. Pollard's
sentence.

Sen. Carol Moseley Braun,
D-Ill., recently added her sup-
port to the pro-Pollard effort.
Several conservative senators
may do the same, which could
add pressure on the adminis-
tration to release Mr. Pollard.
Seymour Reich, president of
the American Zionist Move-
ment and a leading pro-Pollard
activist, said Mr. Rabin had in-
dicated to the president that
commutation would now be a
political plus for him. Another
factor that might sway the pres-
ident is that the administration
is scurrying for inexpensive
ways to please the Israeli pub-
lic because it wants to support
Mr. Rabin.
Some observers also say Mr.
Rabin's plea may convince the
White House that a pro-Pollard
decision by the president could
win him political points with a
Jewish community that may be
nearing a "critical mass" on the
Pollard question.

Congress Helps
Nazi Victims

S

en. Dennis DeConcini, D-
Az., and Rep. Henry Wax-
man, D-Cal., are charging
to the rescue of Holocaust
survivors and refugees from
Nazi Germany who could face
cuts in benefits at the hands of
cost-trimming bureaucrats in
Washington.
Last week, a House commit-
tee held hearings on pending
legislation that would exclude
reparations from Germany
from eligibility calculations for
various federal entitlement pro-
grams.
Cited at the hearing was the
case of Fanny Schlomowitz, 83,
whose low-income rent assis-
tance from the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-
ment was jeopardized when
HUD decided to add her repa-
rations to her income when cal-
culating her eligibility. After
Sen. DeConcini intervened,
HUD officials made an excep-
tion for Holocaust survivors.
Still, the legislator argued that
the case demonstrated the need
to establish the principle in law.
"I was shocked and appalled
to learn that an agency of our
government was compounding
the tragedy of the Holocaust by
penalizing a survivor."
With the administration
backing Sen. DeConcini's bill,
there seems to be little resis-
tance to the measure, which will
not have a big impact on the
budget because the number of
citizens receiving reparations
is declining rapidly because of
their advanced age.
It is not clear exactly when
the reparations measure will
move on the crowded congres-
sional calendar. ❑

