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for Egypt's $2 billion in aid. That
lobbying stems from the Ameri-
can commitment — and the corn-
mitment by certain American
Jewish groups — to support high
levels of aid to both Israel and
Egypt following the 1979 Camp
David accords. Without lobbying
by such groups as the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee,
many observers believe Egypt's
annual allotment would have
been slashed long ago.
"Egypt is clearly looking for
ways to exert its primacy in the

Arab world," said Shoshana
Bryen, special projects director
for the Jewish Institute for Na-
tional Security Affairs. "It may
have felt that picking on the nu-
clear issue was something it
could do without producing any
negative consequences."
That may have been a mis-
calculation: Egypt, with its dis-
mal economy, could pay a big
price for its disruptive activities
if pro-Israel forces sit out the de-
bate over Egypt's aid — or ac-
tively support cuts.

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Meanwhile, In
Washington...

he general consensus in
Washington is that Pales-
tinian violence against Is-
raelis and the deadlock in
Syrian-Israeli negotiations sug-
gest the need for a more forceful,
creative American role in the fal-
tering peace talks
In recent days, in fact, Wash-
ington has cranked up the vol-
ume of its complaints to Yassir
Arafat about his lackluster per-
formance in curbing terrorism.
But the administration could do
more, claimed Robert 0. Freed-
man, vice president of academ-
ic affairs for Baltimore Hebrew
University and a leading expert
on Middle East affairs.
"Clearly, Arafat's feet have to
be held to the fire," he said.
"He's committed himself to not
letting Gaza be used as a base for
attacks against Israel, but he
hasn't followed through. Aslong
as he tolerates these attacks and
permits extremists tohold cele-
bratory press conferences after-
ward, the peace process is dead."
Washington, said Mr. Freed-
man, needs to more explicitly tell
Mr. Arafat that the Israeli-Pales-
tinian self-rule experiment will
not extend to the rest of the West
Bank if the present level of vio-
lence is sustained.
So far, the Clinton adminis-
tration has not used its economic
leverage against the Palestinians,
including millions of dollars in aid
to the Palestinian Authority. This
is partly because the Rabin gov-
ernment believes the economic
shambles in Gaza represents a
major threat to the peace process.
But Mr. Freedman suggested
that Washington may soon have
to wield this weapon to get Mr.
Arafat's attention.
Increasing American pressure
on Mr. Arafat, he said, must be
accompanied by pressure on -the
controversial issue of Jewish set-
tlements.
"Rabin has to crack down," he

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said, "and stop building settle-
ments, including those around
Jerusalem. Washington needs to
push the Israelis on this, al-
though it is not as high a priori-
ty as pushing the Syrians and
the PLO on the terrorism issue."
Most observers see a similar
need for American action on the
Syrian-Israeli front now that pri-
vate discussions in Washington
between Israeli Ambassador ha-
mar Rabinovich and his Syrian
counterpart, Walid Mualem, are
expected to resume.
Israeli officials have indicated
that the ambassadors' talks could
resume this week.
After the suicide bombing at
Beit Lid, which was carried out
by members of the Syrian-backed
Islamic Jihad, Secretary of State
Warren Christopher sternly told
his Syrian counterpart that Syr-
ian support for terrorist organi-
zations must end.
But most observers in Wash-
ington suggest that the only way
to change the behavior of Syrian
President Hafez el-Assad is to
make it clear that the improved
relationship with Washington
that he seeks is jeopardized by
supporting anti-Israel terrorists.
Even with new U.S. pressure
to curb terrorism, the deadlock
on the Syrian-Israeli track is like-
ly to continue until Washington
takes a more substantive role in
the troubled talks.
`What's missing now," said Ju-
dith Kipper, a Middle East spe-
cialist at the Brookings
Institution, "is a strong Ameri-
can position to bring the parties
together. The breakdown in the
talks and the confusion on both
sides means that it will take a
clear, strong American proposal
to move things forward."
Shuttle diplomacy by Mr.
Christopher and Middle East
peace process coordinator Den-
nis Ross, said Ms. Kipper, is not
enough.

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