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In the last Cabinet, for instance,
Kiriyenko and his first deputy Boris
Nemtsov were half-Jewish and
Economics Minister Yakov Urinson
and the chief presidential adviser on
economic affairs, Alexander Livshitz,
were Jewish. Jewish leaders fear that
if the situation does not improve
quickly, some Russians will hold
Jews responsible.
So far, this has not occurred.
"Thank God, no one now is
blaming Jews for what is going on,"
said Alexander Osovtsov, executive
vice president of the Russian Jewish
Congress.
Though the Kremlin has repeat-
edly promised to stick to reforms,
many Jews fear that early elections
could spell trouble.
"Every scenario now seems possi-
ble," one Jewish activist said. "Jews
fear that using this turmoil, the
Communists may come to power
and the country will change its
course," said Evgeniya Lvova, a
Jewish leader in St. Petersburg.
Parliamentary elections are sched-
uled for December 1999, and presi-
dential elections for 2000.
"If the situation does not stabilize
in two weeks, people will begin leav-
ing the country in bigger numbers
than usual," said Lvova. "The
longer the situation remains uncer-
tain, the more likely there will be an
outburst of social discontent."
Global Digest
Palestinians Ready
UN Campaign
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) —
The Palestinians are bringing their
campaign for statehood to the
United Nations.
A draft Palestinian resolution,
which will be presented to the
U.N.
General Assembly during its
current session, would recognize
the Palestinians' "right to establish
an independent state."
Israel's U.N. ambassador, Dore
Gold, warned that any declaration
of statehood in the absence of a
final-status accord would violate
the Oslo agreements.
Under those accords
Palestinian statehood is one of the
final-status issues that was expect-
ed to be resolved in direct Israeli-
Palestinian talks no later than
May, 1999.
But with the peace process
deadlocked for more than 18
months, it appears that final-sta-
tus talks, which also include such
highly contentious issues as the
status of Jerusalem, Israeli settle-
ments and Palestinian refugees,
rill not be concluded in the next
eight months.
Palestinian Authority,
Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli
Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu are to address to the
world body next week, and Arafat
is expected to call for passage of
the statehood resolution. They
will also meet separately with U.S.
Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright.
Israelis Expected
To Travel Abroad
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some
200,000 Israelis, or 3.3 percent of
the country's population, will
travel abroad during the High
Holidays, according to the coun-
try's association of travel agents.
The most popular European vaca-
tion spots are Paris and London.
New York and Orlando are the
top American destinations.