Hamas Leader's Arrest
Begs Anti-Terror Bill
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
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ast week's arrest in New
York of Mussa Abu Mar-
zook, an alleged leader of
the Hamas organization,
points to the need for stronger
laws aimed at curbing domestic
and foreign terrorism, according
to Jewish activists here.
But even the legal tangle that
could arise from Israel's pending
request for Mr. Marzook's extra-
dition may not be enough to end
the stall that seems to have set-
tled in over legislation, on the
congressional fast track only two
months ago.
Mr. Marzook was detained by
immigration officials who spotted
his name on the State Depart-
ment's "watch list" of excludable
aliens. Early this week, an Israeli
court issued a warrant for his ar-
rest, citing Mr. Marzook's status
as head of the Hamas "political
bureau," and his alleged activi-
ties in raising money for Hamas
military operations.
Israel has 60 days to forward
a formal extradition request. Of-
ficials here could try to hold Mr.
Marzook until a court in New
York evaluates that request. Or,
they could seek an indictment
based on possible illegal actions
in this country, or try to deport
him as an excludable alien.
In any event, the legal process
is likely to drag on for weeks.
"It may be that had the anti-
terrorism legislation been in
place, our government might
have had more options for deal-
ing with this case," said Richard
Foltin, legislative director for the
American Jewish Committee.
`There might have been a greater
possibility of a prosecution in this
country."
But surprisingly, Mr. Mar-
zook's detention has sparked lit-
tle talk on Capitol Hill, where the
omnibus anti-terrorism bill
seems to have hit a brick wall.
Officially, House debate over
the anti-terror bill, which passed
the Senate several months ago,
has been put off because of the
Waco hearings and the frantic ef-
fort to pass 13 controversial ap-
propriations bills.
Unofficially, according to
Washington sources, the bill is
stalled because a number of Re-
publican legislators are getting
cold feet about the prospect of ex-
panding the jurisdiction of fed-
eral law enforcement authorities
— not a popular idea in a Con-
gress dominated by hard-core
conservatives.
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T
he White House is working
feverishly to make good on
President Bill Clinton's re-
cent promise to issue de-
tailed guidelines on religious
activities in the public schools.
Jewish groups are pleased
with the intent of administration
officials — but a little disap-
pointed with the details of the
forthcoming document, which
will help school officials around
the country understand what
kinds of religious activities are
permissible for students and
what is prohibited on church-
state grounds.
That came out at a White
House meeting last week be-
tween high-level Justice and Ed-
ucation Department officials and
representatives of the inten-eli-
gious coalition that has been
fighting school prayer amend-
ments. Representatives of the
American Jewish Congress, the
American Jewish Committee,
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and the Anti-
President Bill Clinton
Defamation League attended
the session.
The administration officials
made it clear that the forthcom-
ing guidelihes would not be more
detailed than the recent presi-
dential directive to government
agencies on religious activity in
the schools.
But most Jewish leaders wor-