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Michigan's senators weigh in on the role
the United States should play in Middle East peace negotiations.

to conclude talks on interim status
issues.
The Levin letter, which received a
warm response from Secretary
ome want President Clinton
Albright the very next day, urges the
to ease up on Israel. Others
administration to continue to pursue
want his administration to
the negotiations, "and to do so pri-
grease the wheels but stay off
vately, without public disclosure of
of the road. And one prefers a more
details of proposals that it is in the
hands-off approach to the Middle East
process of exploring with the parties."
peace process.
While the Mack-Lieberman letter was
These camps have formed divisions,
still circulating through the Senate,
albeit fuzzy ones, in the U.S. Senate,
Levin sent his letter April 2.
whose members have been busy writ-
It begins by praising the adminis-
ing letters to the Clinton administra-
tration
for supporting Israel and notes
tion and the Secretary of State with
that "American diplomacy is key to
opinions on how the American gov-
achieving peace between
ernment should be han-
Israel and the Palestini-
dling the fragile peace
ans." Yet, the letter also
negotiations between the
notes that "only the par-
Israeli government and
ties themselves can make
the Palestinians.
peace
— peace cannot be
It started when Sen.
imposed
upon them."
Joseph Lieberman, D-
Other senators who
Conn., an observant Jew,
signed on were Sen.
teamed up with Sen.
Frank Lautenberg, D-
Connie Mack, R-Fla., to
N.J.; Senate Democratic
write a letter to President
Leader Tom Daschle, D-
Clinton urging him
South Dakota; Foreign
strongly not to force
Relations Committee
Israel to withdraw more
Ranking Member Sen.
troops from the West
Joseph Biden, D-
Bank and pointing out
Delaware; and Sen. Bob
that it would be a "seri-
Graham, D-Fla.
ous mistake" for the
Levin explained that
United States to use pub-
he
wrote the letter to
lic pressure against Israel.
"state
the case more posi-
They convinced 79 other
tively"
for continued
senators to sign on. The
negotiations on the part
letter was prompted by
of the United States in
reports coming out of
the peace process, and
Israel of a disagreement
get assurance there
between the administra-
would
not be public dis-
tion and the Israeli gov-
closure
of details of these
ernment "that may lead
proposals
during negotia-
to the United States pub-
tions."
licly presenting a peace
He said there was
proposal which is known
some reason to fear that
to be unacceptable to
details of U.S. proposals
Israel," the letter said. It
would be leaked in
was sent to the White
House April 3.
Sen. Carl Levin has asked the U.S. administration to let parties in the advance of negotiations,
and said rumors have cir-
But Sen. Carl Levin,
Middle East peace negotiations do their own thing.

JULIE EDGAR
News Editor

S

D-Mich., declined to join the fray. He
penned his own letter about the
appropriate stance of the U.S. admin-
istration toward the peace negotia-
tions, gathered five signatures from
Senate colleagues — including Lieber-
man — and sent it to Secretary of
State Madeline Albright. The tenor of
the letter is decidedly more neutral
than the Mack-Lieberman missive,
which essentially sides with Israel, not-
ing that it has lived up to its agree-
ments in the Oslo Accords in ceding
land to the Palestinians while the
Palestinians have not tried to stem ter-
rorist acts and Yassir Arafat Ras refused

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