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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
winner — so far — was Mr. As-
sad, who seemed to gain the
things he values the most: At-
tention from Washington and
other world capitals, disarray in
Israel and a new crisis that de-
flected attention from his own
intransigence in the peace
process.
Israeli leaders had hoped to
pressure Mr. Assad and to get
some help from their friends in
Washington in that effort; in-
stead, the Syrian despot had for-
eign ministers standing in line
at his door, pleading for his help
in ending the crisis — the ulti-
mate irony, given Mr. Assad's
clear role in triggering the
Hezbollah violence.
The crisis also undermined
the American effort, strongly
supported by pro-Israel groups,
to isolate Iran, the primary
sponsor of terrorism aimed at
disrupting the Mideast peace
talks.
By last weekend, Teheran,
too, was being implored to play
a part in solving the crisis as if
leaders there were responsible
players on the world scene, not
leaders of a rogue nation re-
sponsible for sowing violence
around the region.
There was little outright op-
position among Jewish groups
here to the military response to
Hezbollah, an action that won
widespread public support in Is-
rael. But there was considerable
consternation in American Jew-
ish circles about a high-risk op-
eration that vastly complicated
Israel's international standing
and weakened the strong pro-
Israel tilt of the Clinton admin-
istration.
There also was shock that
once again the nightly news was
filled with stories about inter-
national condemnation of Israel,
and one-sided criticism by some
domestic groups, including a
long list of Christian organiza-
tions.
Since the initial Oslo accord,
pro-Israel activists had been es-
pecially pleased that Israel's in-
ternational isolation seemed to
be coming to an end; the crisis
in Lebanon and the familiar-
sounding criticisms of Israeli ac-
tions were unwelcome re-
minders that the pariah status
was not strictly a matter of his-
tory.
"We face two realities that are
often in conflict," another Jew-
ish leader said this week. "One
is that not acting against
Hezbollah and Hamas is intol-
erable, especially with the peace
process at stake; the other is
that massive civilian casualties
also are intolerable. So in a
sense, Israel is in an impossible
position, and we are trying to
justify their actions in this im-
possible situation to a world that
doesn't worry too much about Is-
rael's agony."
Many speculated
that the only
real winner
was
Mr. Assad.
.
Last week's crisis forced Jew-
ish leaders back into a defensive
posture. Almost all Jewish lead-
ers did their duty and rallied be-
hind a government in Jerusalem
that they continue to support;
few were happy about the jolt-
ing return to that older, more
defensive mode of pro-Israel ad-
vocacy.
Last week's crisis did not al-
ter the fact that most American
Jewish leaders continue to sup-
port the Peres government and
hope fervently for its return to
power on May 29. Criticism of
Operation Grapes of Wrath also
was tempered by the simple fact
that Jewish leaders could pose
few practical alternatives to an
aggressive fight against the
Hezbollah threat.
But the crisis did provide a
sobering and unwelcome re-
minder that real change will be
slow and uneven in a Middle
East that clings to an older,
harsher way of resolving con-
flicts. ❑