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According to the Zionist Organization of America, which is spearheadina a major campaign on the issue, Salam b Al- Marayati is an extremist" who has "justified future terrorism against America." But in a phone interview, al- Marayati dismissed the campaign against him as the product of a "fringe group," and expressed concern that the flap would impede his group's active dialogue efforts with Jewish organizations. He said that he and his group "regard terrorism as a social disease that has to be eradicated. But we have to explore its causes even while we bring the perpetrators to justice. There is no justification for terrorism." And he said he strongly favors the Mideast peace process. "We are in support of any initiative that would bring peace to the Middle East and allow Israel and the Palestinians to live side by side in mutual understanding." Gephardt, whose office did not return calls seeking comment, has reportedly made the appointment at the request of Rep. David Bonior (D- Mich.), who has often been at odds with pro-Israel groups. There are also reports he will simply let the appoint- ment languish until the commission finishes its work in six months. ZOA President Morton Klein, in a statement, said "there is a disturb- ing and dangerous pattern here — under the Clinton-Gore administra- tion individuals who are overtly antagonistic towards Israel have been appointed to government posi- tions, organizations that have praised Arab terrorist groups have been hosted at the White House, and now an individual who justifies Arab terrorism and accuses America of being the real terrorists has been appointed to a U.S. government commission that deals with terror- ism-related issues." As an example, Klein cited a 1997 comment by Marayati in which he said the MPAC leader justified a Hamas bombing in Tel Aviv. A ZOA press release quoted Marayati as blam- ing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the killings, and claim- ing that "because the Palestinian peo- ple have no avenues to redress their grievances, some of them have been pushed beyond the margins of society and have adopted violent reactions to express their despair and suffering." Other voices in the Jewish commu- nity say that al-Marayati has been a force for moderation within the American Islamic community — but that his appointment to the terror panel may still be inappropriate because of his failure to unequivocally condemn violence by groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Al-Marayati has "not taken the mini- mal step of unequivocally denouncing terrorism and praising the peace process that one would expect for a nominee to this panel," said Stacy Burdett, assistant director of the Anti-Defamation League's Washington office. z Cut With A Twist 1( Last week, Israeli newspapers cried over what they said was an unexpect- ed cut in Israel's big U.S. aid allot- ment when the Senate passed its for- eign aid bill. The facts were somewhat different: the Senate actually rejected an_admin- istration request for a bigger cut than the one mandated by the plan to grad- ually decrease Israel's economic aid over 10 years — a plan proposed by Israel and accepted by both govern- ments. The administration, as part of its budget request, had argued that an extra $30 million cut was needed because of a particularly tight overall budget. But pro-Israel activists said the administration was simply miffed over the way Israel and Congress had worked together on the aid-reduction formula. Apparently the Senate agreed; with strong backing from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), it restored the $30 million. ❑