caused fits for pro-Israel groups
on foreign aid issues.
But the likely ascension of Sen.
Jesse Helms, R-N.C., to the chair
of the Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, along with the growing
isolationist mood in Congress,
could make foreign aid — in-
cluding Israel's $3.2 billion an-
nual allotment — more difficult
to pass.
"Those of us who actively pro-
mote the pro-Israel agenda will
have to work much harder now,"
said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., a
leading defender of Israel in the
House appropriations committee.
"We'll be working with a new cast
of characters. But I'm ready for
it. It will be a personal mission to
talk to every new member about
Israel."
Jewish groups also suffered'a
big loss with the passage of
Proposition 187, a California bal-
lot initiative that will — if it sur-
vives expected court challenges
— deny basic health and educa-
tion services to illegal aliens and
their children.
`This vote has dangerous im-
plications," said Martin Wenick,
executive director of the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society (BIAS), a
group that fought the initiative.
"It's the result of an angry pop-
ulation that is lashing out with-
out understanding the basic
issues."
Proposition 187 could produce
anti-immigrant, anti-foreigner
legislation when the new Con-
gress gets down to business, said
Diana Aviv, Washington director
for the Council of Jewish Feder-
ations.

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larly vulnerable because of her
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duction package.
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