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Israel aid on hold?• Levins letter; assurances
on Duke; hate bill redux.

JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent

like Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), Sen.
Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Sen. Frank
Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Rep. Howard
n Israeli newspaper,
Berman (D-Calif.), Rep. Ben Cardin (D-
Hdaretz, reported this week
Md.) and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.).
that the Clinton adminis-
Levin, one of the co-authors, added
tration is threatening now
language insisting that the Palestinian
to block Israel's chunk of a big supple-
portion of the aid be channeled
mentary aid package while pushing an
through non-governmental and inter-
increased Palestinian appropriation.
national organizations "with full
Not so, say numerous sources in
accountability."
Washington; the Israeli and Palestinian
That reflects current administration
aid money is still on the table, and there
policy, which has sought to defuse con-
is almost no likelihood it
gressional concern about corruption in
will be split. At the same
the Palestinian Authority
time, however, the adminis-
by using the NGOs.
tration and Congress have
The letter was the
tacitly agreed to hold off on
brainchild of the Israel
the aid bill until after the
Policy Forum, which backs
Israeli elections in mid-May.
the peace process. It "mir-
The $1.2 billion for Israel
rors a mood in the pro-
is to help pay for troop rede-
Israel community since
ployment and other steps
Wye that supports an
required under the October
active U.S. approach and
Wye Agreement, which
that insists that to be suc-
Israel has put on hold pend-
cessful, U.S. policy must
ing the election outcome.
be balanced," said Tom
Sen. Carl Le yin
The Palestinian $400 mil-
Smerling, IPF's
lion is intended to provide
Washington director. He
an economic shot in the arm for Gaza
pointed to the sharp contrast between
and the West Bank.
last week's letters and previous mis-
The long-standing congressional.
sives on aid, which have tilted in favor
aversion to Yassir Arafat means that
of Israel.
there is almost no interest in passing
The IPF missive ruffled some feath-
the Palestinian aid first.
ers at the pro-Israel lobby, the
"The idea that they would move
American Israel Public Affairs
ahead with the Palestinianportion and
Committee, which isn't happy about
hold up Israel's just doesn't make sense,"
yet another Capital Hill incursion by
said Jess Hordes, Washington director
the Israel Policy Forum. AIPAC has
for the Anti-Defamation League.
not, however, pressed legislators to
Undersecretary of State for
spurn the IPF letter.
Economic Affairs Stuart Eizenstat,
who was in Israel last week and
Hate Crimes Bill
reportedly hinted of a new aid holdup,
Jewish
activists are hoping months of
told the Washington Institute for Near
behind-the-scenes
work will pay off
East Policy on Monday that adminis-
when
lawmakers
take
up a new hate
tration policy hasn't changed and the
crimes
bill,
now
scheduled
for intro-
newspaper reports are "grossly inaccu-
duction
late
this
week.
rate." Israeli and Palestinian aid
The measure, which languished in the
money, he said, is "locked at the hip."
105th Congress, will make it easier for
the federal government to get involved in
A Letter On Aid
prosecuting hate crimes cases.
Whatever the administration view, a
One spur to the measure was the
number of congressmen are signing on
murder of Yankel Rosenbaum in 1991
to the idea of more aid to Israel.
in New York's Crown Heights neigh-
Specifically, 50 senators and 77 House
borhood. Federal prosecutors were
members signed letters to President
able to enter that case only after argu-
Bill Clinton supporting the aid boost.
ing that the crime took place on a
Signers include pro-Israel superstars
street that was connected to highways

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