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Rosier Prospects
For Pro-Israel Groups
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JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
s an important election
year dawned, leaders of
Jewish political action
groups were breathing a
cautious sign of relief.
Two years ago, pro-Israel po-
litical action committees (PACs)
reported sharp decreases in con-
tributions, the result of problems
in the real estate market and the
perception that Israel no longer
needed the undivided attention
of American Jewish givers.
That trend has apparently re-
versed itself, in part because of a
growing awareness that even
with the ongoing peace process,
new dangers in the region require
a strong American Jewish advo-
cacy effort on behalf of Israel.
And the arrival of a new Con-
gress one year ago helped jerk
Jewish activists back to atten-
tion, said Charles Brooks, exec-
utive director of the National
PAC, the biggest pro-Israel po-
litical action committee.
"There's a recognition that
even with the peace process, the
pro-Israel job isn't complete," he
said. "People are worried about
the tremendous number of new
legislators who have a strongly
domestic focus; these are people
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we need to reach."
Pro-Israel PACs, with their
traditional preference for in-
cumbents, are giving more than
ever to Republicans in an effort
to cement ties to the important
committee and subcommittee
chairs who will play a big role in
shaping U.S. Middle East policy
in the next few years.
"Republican giving will go up
an average of 25 percent," Mr.
Brooks said. "In the House, in
particular, you have to empha-
size the important committee
people, especially in the areas of
security and foreign aid."
The American Israel Public Af-
fairs Committee (ATE A.C), which
is a registered lobbying group and
not a political funding organiza-
tion, also announced improved
fundraising in 1995, after a tough
few years that saw the kind of
downsizing that has been epi-
demic throughout the nonprofit
and public interest sectors.
AIPAC officials, too, attribute
the good news to changes in
Washington, and the growing re-
alization that a new generation
of legislators will need some in-
tensive education about the im-
portance of the pro-Israel agenda.
Few Details From
Israel-Syria Talks
Journalists on the Mideast beat
were reduced mostly to talking
to each other, and to adminis-
tration sources who could offer
only the smallest gleanings about
the very private talks between
Israeli and Syrian negotiators at
a Chesapeake Bay retreat center
outside Washington.
Or, they read accounts of the
talks in the Israeli and Syrian
press — stories that included as
much invention as reporting, ac-
cording to officials here.
What was clear after the first
three days of talks was that the
attitude of Syrian negotiators has
changed significantly, along with
the negotiating stance of the Is-
raelis.
For the past year, Israeli offi-
cials have insisted on limiting the
talks to the security measures
that might accompany a settle-
ment; now, under the leadership
of Prime Minister Shimon Peres,
anything and everything is open
for discussion.
Sources indicated that the
mood inside the conference cen-
ter was upbeat and friendly; ne-
gotiators from the two sides
mingled over their meals and ex-
changed small talk, a first in of-
ficial Syrian-Israeli encounters.
Negotiators met in a variety of
configurations, sometimes with
American officials at the table,
sometimes by themselves. Sev-
eral times, Syrian Ambassador
Walid Mualem, Israeli chief ne-
gotiator Uri Savir and adminis-
tration peace process coordinator
Dennis Ross met in a private
threesome.
American officials tried to get
negotiators to unbend by wear-
ing casual clothes, a ploy that
hearkens back to Camp David,
where former President Jimmy
Carter convinced Israel's Men-
achem Begin and Egypt's Anwar
Sadat to wear casual jackets.
But the more formal Syrians
agreed only to take off their ties.
The negotiating teams re-
mained in Washington over the
weekend, but they had no con-
tact; instead, they worked with
Mr. Ross to prepare for new ses-
sions.
Despite the positive atmos-
pherics, it was also clear that the
negotiators had not narrowed the