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`They are very aware that time
is running out," said Aaron Bre-
itbart, senior researcher at the
Simon Wiesenthal Center. "With
the archives being opened, their
job will be easier. But time is a
factor. A lot of ... [former Nazis]
are getting biological amnesty."
The new prosecutions may
help remove the shadow cast over
OSI by critics who charge the
agency with mishandling the
prosecution of former Cleveland
auto worker John Demjanjuk. In
fact, the Supreme Court may
soon announce whether it will
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State Department pressure helped end part of the
economic embargo against Israel.
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T
he surprise announcement;
that the Gulf Cooperation
Council is lifting the sec-
ondary and tertiary boy-
cotts against Israel was welcomed
by a long list of pro-Israel groups.
Moreover, the decision by Saudi
Arabia and five other Persian
Gulf nations was good news for
an administration whose foreign
policy has been under intense fire
in recent months.
It was especially gratifying to
the White House since most ob-
servers credit the administra-
tion's decision to focus on the
boycott issue as the primary rea-
son for the surprise decision.
"There was a high level of per-
sonal diplomacy involved," said
Jess Hordes, Washington direc-
tor for the Anti-Defamation
League.
"In the past year, and in recent
months in particular, the Saud-
is were made to feel that for a va-
riety of reasons, this was
extremely important to the Unit-
ed States."
The Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Orga-
nizations hailed the decision as
"an important step toward the re-
peal of the boycott by the League
of Arab States, an action that
could contribute to further chang-
ing the picture of the Middle
East."
But the Conference cautioned
that past promises to end the boy-
cott have not been fulfilled.
The secondary and tertiary
boycotts punish foreign corpora-
tions that do business with Israel.
The primary boycott, which the
Gulf States have not lifted, bans
direct commerce between partic-
ipating countries and Israel.
Other groups praised the Sau-
di decision, but stressed the need
for frontline Arab nations like
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Warren Christopher:
Held boycott meetings.
Syria and Lebanon to do the
same. "The boycott is a form of
economic warfare," said Morton
Klein, president of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America. "The Arab
states surrounding Israel can
demonstrate their interest in
peace by ending the boycott now."
The initial response from Syr-
ia to the news was negative, ac-
cording to reports from
Damascus.
The announcement came after
a meeting in New York between
Secretary of State Warren
Christopher and the foreign min-
isters of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab
Emirates and Qatar.
Leaders of these nations pre-
viously said that they would only
lift the secondary and tertiary
boycotts after a decision to do so
by the Arab League. In an-
nouncing last week's decision, the
Saudis indicated they would urge
an end to the boycott when the
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