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Golan Heights.
In an unusual statement, Mr.
Cochran said that he was "under
the false impression that the
amendment had the support of
the Jewish community and the
Lsraeli government. When I
learned that it did not and that
it was only supported by those in
opposition to the government's
policy, I withdrew the amend-
ment. I don't think it is my place
to take sid es in this way on this
issue."
One of the Jewish activists
who talked to Cochran staffers
about the amendment was
Frank Gaffiiey, executive direc-
tor of the Center for Security Pol-
icy and a former assistant
secretary of defense.
The peacekeeping idea —
which has not been officially pro-
posed in the negotiations — "is
the soft underbelly of the initia-

five on which (Israeli leaders) are
betting the farm," he said in an
interview.
The furious Israeli reaction,
he said, "is directly related to the
sense that if the American peo-
ple are given any advanced no-
tice of this at all, they will not
accept it."
But Israeli officials argue that
by raising the issue in Congress
at this time, opponents of the
peace process are trying to lim-
it the options available to the Ra-
bin government and forestall any
new territorial concessions.
This week there were reports
that other conservative senators
were considering attaching sim-
ilar language to the defense au-
thorization or foreign operations
bills now pending in the Senate
— something that is certain to
keep mainstream pro-Israel
forces on their toes.

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Hebron Report
Response

Washington reacted with barely
a whisper to the report by an Is-
rael panel investigating the Feb.
25 killings of Muslim worshipers
in Hebron's Tomb of the patri-
archs.
The five-member panel found
that Brooklyn-born settler
Baruch Goldstein acted alone,
and that while security at the
mosque was inadequate, the Is-
raeli government was not re-
sponsible for the acts of a lone
fanatic.
In Israel, leaders of the oppo-
sition Likud party quickly agreed
with those conclusions. In this
country, the administration —
both publicly and in private con-
versations with reporters — ex-
pressed satisfaction that the
investigation had been thorough.
On Monday, the State De-
partment urged the Israeli gov-

ernment to implement the re-
port's recommendations for pre-
venting such tragedies in the
future — a little late, since on
Sunday the Israeli cabinet ac-
cepted those recommendations,
including a ban on weapons at
the shrine.
"We don't have any judgments
about the specific findings," said
a State Department spokesman.
But he said that "there is noth-
ing we are aware of that would
dispute the essential findings" of
the investigation.
"Most people here are just sat-
isfied that the facts are out," said
Gail Pressberg, Washington di-
rector for Americans for Peace
Now. "There's a feeling that the
process has been a fair one, and
that changes will be made on the
basis of these findings."

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