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security also is threatened by a Pales-
tinian population that is sinking deep-
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"We are at risk of diminishing the
constituency for peace, not only
among the public at large, but increas-
ingly among the Palestinian business
people who expected the peace process
to deliver economic stability, normalcy
and improved relations with their
Israeli partners and customers," he
said.
But there may be another factor at
work in the new administration push
on the Palestinian economy.
"There's a kind of readjustment
taking place in which the administra-
tion is thinking about what happens if
the current peace process does come
to an end without an agreement," said
an analyst for a pro-Israel group here.
"The focus may be shifting to finding
ways to keep the lid from blowing if
that happens."
Jewish Groups
Make The Rounds
Several Jewish groups were spotted
making the rounds in Washington this
week.
On Thursday, the American Jewish
Committee organized a kind of rollin
seminar on the issue of terrorism —
and particularly on foreign groups like
Hamas that use this country as a
fund-raising base.
That topic was particularly timely
in view of the recent seizure by federal
authorities in Chicago of $1.4 million
in what was alleged to be a money-
laundering scheme benefiting Hamas.
Participants were scheduled to hear
from terrorism expert Steve Emerson
and representatives of the FBI, the
National Security Council and several
congressional offices.
"We're pleased with recent efforts
by authorities in the Hamas case, but
there are also indications they may be
backing off other investigations," said
the AJC's Barry Jacobs. "The object o
these meetings is to inform ourselves
about what's happening — and to
demonstrate our continuing interest in
seeing that terrorism laws now on the
books are enforced."
Also in town: an environmental
coalition that includes the Coalition
on the Environment and Jewish Life
(COEJL), as well as key Catholic and
Protestant groups.
Their target: Republican-spon-
sored legislation that would make it
harder for the government to take pri-
vate property or encroach on its use to
protect the environment. The legisla-
tion already has passed the House.
The religious coalition "seeks a
good balance between the common-
good and private property rights," said
one Jewish participant.
Religious Liberty
In China
Controversy over President Clinton's
impending trip to China has been
growing in recent weeks, and now a
Jewish-Christian group led by Rabbi
Yechiel Eckstein of Chicago has added
its voice to the cacophony.
Critics charge that Clinton, inter-
ested primarily in expanding trade
with China, has turned a blind eye to
human rights abuses by the Beijing
government; this week, Rabbi Eck-
stein's International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews and its Washing-
ton affiliate, the Center for Jewish and
Christian Values, collected more than
• 300 signatures on an appeal urging
Clinton to "forcefully raise the issue"
of religious liberty during his trip.
The Eckstein appeal has drawn
support from such disparate figures as
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, head of the Union