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That possibility was high- lighted recently when Mr. Zhiri- novsky, hot on the heels of the electoral successes of his mis- named Liberal Democratic Par- ty, met with Gerhard Frey, who heads the German People's Union, one of the largest far- right parties in Germany. "Even before the Russian elections, German authorities were concerned that there was a greater degree of organization and cooperation among neo- Nazis than they thought," said Rabbi Andy Baker, the Ameri- can Jewish Committee's direc- tor of eastern European affairs. "Zhirinovsky's visit," he said, "gives German neo-Nazis a Zhirinovsky's showing will au- tomatically unify neo-Nazi or- ganizations throughout Europe. He is too unstable, said the rab- bi, and his extreme brand of Russian nationalism probably will conflict with the intense na- tionalism of right-wing groups in neighboring countries. "But it adds to the specter of an international link between these various neo-Nazi groups," he said. "And that is very trou- bling." Other Jewish activists sug- gested that Mr. Zhirinovsky's ties to German and Austrian neo-Nazis may attract the at- tention of a White House that has tried hard to ignore the problem of violent extremism in Germany. Meanwhile, some Jewish groups have urged the admin- istration to reject Mr. Zhiri- novsky's request to meet with President Clinton during the president's upcoming trip to Russia. In a letter to the presi- dent, Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Cen- ter, emphasized the symbolic importance of Mr. Zhirinovsky's meetings with German ex- tremists, which was the sole purpose of his first foreign trip after the Russian election. "At this early stage of ... [Mr. Zhirinovsky's] political ascen- dancy, he has paid no price for his hatred, no penalty for his bigotry," Rabbi Hier wrote. "A meeting with the president of the United States — even a group photo opportunity — would provide Zhirinovsky with the very international legiti- macy he covets and needs in his drive to be Russia's next presi- dent." Are U.S. Jews Less Pro-Israel? With violence by Palestinians and Jewish settlers growing and talks aimed at implement- ing Israel's pullout from Gaza and Jericho well behind sched- ule, Israeli diplomats here are increasingly concerned about slippage in support for the Is- raeli-PLO accord among Amer- ican Jews. Israeli officials, say several sources, are particularly alarmed by the recent triumph of an insurgent slate at the Zionist Organization of Ameri- ca's national convention in Washington, a change that could signal a reversal in the group's traditional policy of not speaking out against Israeli policies. "The mainstream of the American Jewish community is still strongly supportive," said one Israeli official. "But we de- tect more doubts and more ob- jections being raised openly. The delay in the implementa- tion talks has exacerbated that." In the past two weeks, the embassy in Washington has quietly asked Jewish groups to increase efforts to sell the peace talks. The embassy also is sat- urating the country with speak- ers who explain the complex peace process to Jewish groups. Sources also say that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' visit to the United States next month is primarily intended to bolster support in the Jewish commu- nity.