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Clinton Gets
Mideast Boost
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
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his week's initialing of a
draft treaty between Israel
and Jordan provided an-
other sorely needed boost
for an administration beset by
election-year criticisms of its for-
eign policy. And despite the fact
that the bargaining that result-
ed in this week's agreement took
place in Amman without any
American presence, most ob-
servers credit Washington with
playing a critical role in estab-
lishing the conditions that made
possible this week's break-
through.
"There was a very important
administration role in inducing
the parties toward this, and in
creating the necessary climate,"
said an Israeli official based in
Washington. "But negotiating
things like the exact location of
borders and the distribution of
water was up to the parties them-
selves to decide."
The administration's approach
to the Israeli-Jordanian talks
"was a model of how to achieve
peace in the Middle East," said
an Israeli Embassy spokesper-
son.
Trilateral meetings between
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin, Jordan's King Hussein
and President Bill Clinton at the
White House in July resulted in
the broad "Washington Declara-
tion" that ended the official state
of war between the two countries.
It also provided an essential in-
gredient to this mix: a phased re-
duction in Jordan's $900 million
in U.S. debt.
"Dropping the loans and open-
ing up the possibility of grants
and military sales to upgrade Jor-
dan's army created the circum-
stances that let the talks go
forward," said Judith Kipper, a
Middle East specialist at the
Brookings Institution. "President
Clinton and Congress did that
rapidly and enthusiastically,
which made a real difference in
the outcome."
Although Fayiz Tarawnah,
Jordan's ambassador to Wash-
ington, played a pivotal role in
the final negotiations in the re-
gion, there were no back-channel
Jordanian-Israeli meetings in
Washington, said sources here.
This reflected Israeli wishes that
the final negotiations and the
signing of a treaty take place in
its own neighborhood.
The White House accepted
that position, although adminis-
tration officials would have pre-
ferred a Washington signing for
purely political reasons. The Jor-
danians also wanted a ceremony
in Washington, but deferred to
Israeli wishes on the subject.
To the delight of Israeli diplo-
mats here, President Clinton will
take time off from the campaign
trail to attend the signing cere-
mony on the Israeli-Jordanian bor-
der next week. This also delights
some Democratic strategists, who
believe intensive media coverage
of the signing ceremony could pro-
vide a bigger boost for beleaguered
Democrats than another round of
presidential speechmaking
around the country.
Emotional Send-Off
For Aristide
resent at the big send-off
for Haitian President Jean-
Bertrand Aristide at the
White House last week
were several Jewish activists who
played a part in the movement to
restore democracy to his country.
In the select group invited to
share the moment with Mr. Aris-
tide and President Clinton just
before the Haitian leader's tri-
umphant return to Port-au-
Prince were Sammie
Moshenberg, Washington direc-
tor of the National Council of
Jewish Women, Mark Pelavin,
Washington representative of the
American Jewish Congress, and
Rabbi David Saperstein, director
of the Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism.
"It was immensely satisfying
to be at the White House," said
Rabbi Saperstein. "The Jewish
community had been very active
since the beginning of the move-
ment for human rights in Haiti.
I have a great deal of pride at how
consistently outspoken and sup-
portive the Jewish community
has been on behalf of human
rights in Haiti."
Rabbi Saperstein also said that
the Haitian leader expressed
gratitude for Jews' lobbying on
his behalf, and that both he and
Mr. Aristide startled several
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