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NDUSTRY 810-626-5603 Licensed & Insured In the House, several recent in- letter began with these words: "The Clinton White House is a sertions in the foreign aid autho- stalwart friend to the Jewish state, rization bill were approved but ...." recently without much discussion. And that "but" was a big one: Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., in- The letter went on to warn dark- troduced an amendment pro- ly of a "serious and dismaying shift hibiting the spending of State in policy and presentation [that] Department money for "the oper- may be taking place that unfair- ation of a United States consulate ly isolates and pressures Israel." or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem As examples, the letter cites "a unless such consulate or diplo- series of very public and one- sided matic facility is under the super- criticisms leveled at Israel by top vision of the United States administration officials — sadly Ambassador to Israel." including the president himself— Translation: If it survives, the denouncing Israel's decision to measure would theoretically pro- continue building a Jewish neigh- hibit the government from main- borhood in Jerusalem." taining its embassy in Tel Aviv, A "shower of public criticisms" while operating only a consulate and the administration's decision in Israel's capital. to send a low-level diplomatic rep- Mr. Smith's amendments also resentative to a Palestinian- spon- would prohibit State Department sored meeting in Gaza in response money from being used to publish to Israel's decision to build in the government documents listing Har Homa neighborhood of countries and their capital cities Jerusalem "illustrate a potential- — "unless the publication identi- ly dangerous shift in administra- fies Jerusalem as the capital of Is- tion policy," the letter went on. rael." "This threatens to erode the Also approved was a short strength of the U.S.-Israel friend- amendment requiring the State ship, weaken the peace process Department to issue passports to and allow the possibility of re- American citizens born in newed violence against Israel." Jerusalem listing "Jerusalem, Is- The AIPAC pitch provoked a rael," and not just "Jerusalem," as response from Ira Forman, exec- their place of birth. utive director of the National Jew- All of that, pro-Israel activists ish Democratic Council and a hope, will add to the legislative former AIPACer himself. record recognizing Jerusalem as "I was taken aback by this fund- Israel's capital — a record capped raising letter," he said. "My as- by the 1995 law requiring the sumption was that AIPAC was State Department to move its em- feeling very positive about this ad- bassy to Jerusalem. Despite that ministration, as they've said many measure, which Mr. Clinton al- times; in fact, at the recent poli- lowed to become law without his cy conference, many AIPAC peo- signature, the American Embassy ple said this administration was remains in Tel Aviv because of ad- the greatest friend Israel has had. ministration concerns about skew- My only guess is that it was an ing the "final status" talks that overzealous fund-raising effort by will determine the city's fate. lower-level officials who didn't vet AIPAC lobbyists played a ma- it properly." jor role in moving the amend- An AIPAC official denied that ments forward. the letter represented a new and The recent amendments are harder line toward the adminis- unlikely to become law, since Con- tration. gress hasn't actually passed a for- 'e have always commended eign aid authorization bill for the Clinton administration for years; the authorization bill sets their outstanding record in sup- policy priorities and spending lev- port of the peace process and the els, while appropriations bills al- State of Israel," the spokesperson locate money to specific programs. said. "However, when the admin- But they could become mark- istration strayed from their long- ers that will guide legislators time policy and publicly criticized when they begin working on the Israel, we conveyed our disap- more important appropriations pointment. We are confident that bill that actually spends Ameri- the administration will remain a ca's foreign aid dollars. ❑ strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship and if there are any such further differences they will be dealt with in a private setting." Publicity Deadlines Building Quality Into Every Project With NA RI page 124 r e s e n t s by -.4111• , CHRYSLER OLD MEMORIES itip American Heart Association With the diplomatic battle over Jerusalem still smoldering, pro- Israel activists here are working quietly to nudge the U.S. govern- ment in the direction of gestures that would bolster Israel's claim The normal deadline for local news and publicity items is noon Thursday, eight days prior to is- sue date. 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