You've Worked Hard.
You Deserve Some Presence.
Strong Push
For Jerusalem
S
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uddenly, Congress can't
seem to do enough when
it comes to Jerusalem;
House Speaker Newt Gin-
grich, R-Ga., was even sched-
uled to plant a tree on the
Capitol grounds to commemo-
rate the reunification of the city.
But at the end of the day, the
recent legislative barrage may
not add up to significant policy
changes.
Recently, the House passed a
nonbinding resolution calling on
President Clinton to reaffirm
Jerusalem's place as Israel's
"undivided capital." The resolu-
tion, which passed by a 406-17
vote, expressed more strongly a
sentiment the House has ex-
pressed before.
The House also passed a
State Department authorization
bill with more substantive lan-
guage on Jerusalem, including
authorization for $100 million
to move the American Embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a
measure requiring official gov-
ernment documents to denote
Jerusalem as Israel's capital,
and another allowing Americans
born in Jerusalem to list their
place of birth as "Jerusalem, Is-
rael" on their passports.
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But the Clinton administra-
tion opposes those measures be-
cause they might prejudge
issues slated for the final-status
talks, and it is expected to press
hard for their removal before a
final bill emerges.
The glut of Jerusalem legis-
lation was roundly condemned
by European and Middle East-
ern governments, including Jor-
dan and Saudi Arabia, key
American allies.
The American Israel Public
Affairs Committee actively sup-
ported the measures; groups
such as Americans for Peace
Now were unhappy with their
timing, but did not fight them.
There also were political mo-
tives at work in the legislative
flurry.
"There's been a clear trend by
some conservative Republicans
to take a hard line on issues like
Jerusalem to embarrass the ad-
ministration, which is limited in
what it can do by its status as a
mediator," said one Jewish De-
mocrat. "And the administra-
tion is vulnerable, because
people aren't interested in this
final-status stuff, they're inter-
ested in the tremendous sym-
bolism of Jerusalem."
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