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imbalance in assessing compliance
with October's Wye accord.
On the roster for Thursday's session
of the Foreign Operations
Appropriations subcommittee are
Assistant Secretary of State for
Mideast Affairs Martin Indyk,
Palestinian and Israeli representatives
and relatives of several victims —
including Stephen Flatow, whose
daughter, Alisa, was killed in 1995.
Dore Gold, Israel's United Nations
ambassador, said that a key part of the
Wye formula was the demand that the
Palestinians "put an end to the revolv-
ing door" of arresting and then releas-
ing Palestinians accused and convicted
of terrorism.
About 200 Palestinians have been
released since mid-December.
"About 20 of them are unquestion-
able, hard terrorists," said Gold. "This
is simply a massive violation."

Free Vanunu

Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Mich.) calls con-
victed nuclear leaker Mordechai
Vanunu a "prisoner of conscience,"
but said her criticisms do not diminish
her support for Israel or a strong U.S.-
Israel relationship.
Last week Rivers, a prominent
member of the small anti-nuclear
coalition in the House, joined with 35
Democratic colleagues in a letter ask-
ing President Bill Clinton to press
Israel to release Vanunu, who is serving
an 18-year sentence for telling a news-
paper about Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Vanunu, 44, has served 13 years of
his sentence; last year, his parole
request was denied.
In an interview, Rivers said her
annual plea for Vanunu isn't a case of
tilting at windmills — but it's close.
"The end of the Cold War has
made it harder to draw attention to
the nuclear issue, particularly here in
the U.S.," she said. "We no longer
have these large nuclear nations at
each others' throats, so it's harder to
engage people.
At the same time, she said, prolifer-
ation to smaller countries means that
the threat continues despite the
demise of the Soviet Union.
Although she is pressing for
Vanunu's freedom, Rivers said she is
not singling out Israel.
"It's an international issue that has
very little to do with Israel," she said.
"There is a worldwide movement to
retreat from nuclear weapons and to
keep other nations from joining the
nuclear club; Israel just happens to be
the one with a high-profile prisoner." P1

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