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A TRIBUTE TO
ALEX GRAHAM

added to the problem." At the same
The answer, Rabbi Cooper told
time, he said, growing uncertainty
lawmakers, is not censorship. Instead,
about reform efforts in Teheran has
the industry itself will have to start
added to the feeling of urgency on
exercising more control over content
Capitol Hill.
in the same way that newspapers do
The parade of Russian prime min-
not sell space to groups to advertise
isters who deal directly with top
racist or anti-Semitic ideologies.
U.S. officials on proliferation issues
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and
and growing signs of rampant cor-
Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin
ruption in Moscow have convinced
Hatch (R-Utah) want to go further; they
will introduce legislation
that would hold Internet
Syria Presses US.
providers responsible if sub-
The administration is resisting subtle pressure
scribers use the service to
from Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, who wants
disseminate bomb making
President Bill Clinton to directly seek what the
instructions that result in
dictator of Damascus refused to give Secretary of
real acts of violence.
State Madeleine Albright during her recent visit
— clear-cut gestures indicating a willingness to
Punishing Sellers
begin serious negotiations with Israel.
bottom line is that Assad has to show us
Of Russia Nukes
a lot more before the president is going to get
Legislation threatening
involved," said one administration official, reject-
new sanctions on Russian
ing
reports in the Israeli press of an impending
companies that sell
presidential
initia-
nuclear, chemical or bio-
tive.
"He's
made
logical warfare materials
sporadic state-
or missile technology to
ments that seem
Iran is picking up steam,
encouraging, but
despite ongoing reserva-
hell have to show
tions by the new Israeli
us a lot more
government and vehe-
before there's any
ment opposition from the
serious discussion
Clinton administration.
of
direct presiden-
But changing condi-
tial involvement.'
tions — including the
Hafez al Assad:
The White House
accelerating slide toward
door gesture?
Back
is leery of being
anarchy in Russia — have
manipulated
by
a
Syrian
leader
more
interested
changed the political cal-
in
negotiating
with
Washington
over
his interna-
culus on Capitol Hill.
tional
pariah
status
than
with
Jerusalem.
Now even prominent
"Basically, this just isn't the time for a move
Jewish Democrats, who
with
Syria," said Robert 0. Freedman, president
had urged their colleagues
of Baltimore Hebrew University and a leading
to go slow and give Israeli
Mideast analyst The Syrians have to demon-
Prime Minister Ehud
strate that they're interested, which they haven't
Barak a chance to deal
done yet They have to show more flexibility on
with Russia on his own,
conditions for the resumption of negotiations,
are on board.
and they have to make some gestures in terms of
On Tuesday the House
participating in regional conferences with Israel."
passed by a wide margin
Until that happens, he said, the administra-
the Iran Nonproliferation
tion will keep lines of communication with
Act, a top priority for sev-
Damascus open — but refrain from any dra-
eral major pro-Israel
matic top-level diplomacy.
groups; Senate action is
expected in the next few
weeks.
even reticent lawmakers that quick
What put the legislation on the
congressional action is necessary.
Capitol Hill fast track? "Two things,
Israel officials are maintaining a
said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive
circumspect silence on the subject.
vice chair of the Conference of
Privately, they say the Barak gov-
Presidents of Major American Jewish
ernment would still prefer to avert a
Organizations. "First, the continued
new sanctions measure, at least for
accumulation of technology flowing
now, but that they recognize the
from Russia, and the inability of the
changed
political realities — and do
government to control it, have made
not
want
to squander valuable politi-
the situation even more dangerous
cal capital fighting a losing battle
than it was a few months ago. The
with an aroused Congress . II
instability of the government has

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Alex demonstrated to us the
triumph of the human spirit in the
face of overwhelming challenges.
She inspired countless people in
the conznzunity and all over the
country. She was one of a kind.

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