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And where that consensus re- ally counts is in Washington, where at least a degree of cohe- sion may be the single most im- portant factor in keeping American Mideast policy from be- ing skewed by a political machine that can turn just about any is- sue into meaningless partisan mush. Jewish leaders of every stripe want unity, but they all believe that their own positions should provide the underlying basis for agreement. Some Orthodox leaders de- scribe unity in ways that suggest that only when all Jews observe the Commandments can the Jewish community be as one; lib- eral Jewish leaders too often seem to imply that unity re quires that the Orthodox give up their commitment to age-old re- ligious values. Jewish leaders spend vast amounts of time and energy seek- ing agreement on communal is- sues where agreement is highly unlikely. In the process, they of- ten reduce the substance of agreement to a kind of lowest common denominator that pro- duces a rough illusion of consen- sus without the impact of real agreement. That exercise often inflames the divisions that al- ready exist in our community as groups are pressured to abandon or dilute deeply felt positions in the interests of consensus. But when it comes to politics, a different kind of unity — a pragmatic rock-solid consensus on the basics of the pro-Israel faith — is still a vital element in Jewish and pro-Israel clout. For all our disagreements over a host of religious and cultural issues and for all our differing views of the options facing Israel in its dangerous neighborhood, we have traditionally been able L to come together to support the strong U.S.-Israel relationship, and to support Israel's quest for peace and security. That approached has offered the pro-Israel movement a mea- sure of insulation from the par- tisan fray. Jews have traditionally sought to build bridges to politicians from every part of the political spectrum, which means playing politics with the big boys. Lob- bying is the most political of ac- tivities, and pro-Israel lobbyists play the game with skill and vig- or. At the same time, pro-Israel forces have operated under a tac- it agreement to avoid turning the core issues, like aid to Israel or the strategic ties between Wash- ington and Jerusalem, into fod- der for the political wars. 'There's been a kind of self-im- posed restraint about never turn- ing the big issues in the U.S.-Israeli relationship into par- tisan issues," said a veteran pro- Israel activist on Capitol Hill. "You use the political system, but you try not to be used by the po- litical system." 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Some Jewish groups, pro-Is- rael activists say, have encour- aged a growing entanglement of politics and U.S. Mideast policy because of their desire to under- cut the policies of the Rabin and Peres governments. The nightmare scenario for pro-Israel leaders involves swarms of Jewish lobbyists on Capitol Hill, each seeking out politicians who may not care a whit for Israel — but who are al- ways eager for some new politi- cal cudgel to swing against their enemies across the partisan di- vide. This is what has happened in the recent debate over aid to the PLO. Conservative legislators have been approached by Jewish groups that oppose the "consen- sus" position favoring aid. In some cases, those legislators have been motivated heavily by UNITY page 66