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Rabbis: Divide
Jerusalem
JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
erome Segal, the University of
Maryland scholar who first
proposed a two-state solution
to the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict, is now stirring the waters on the
explosive issue of Jerusalem.
Last week, his Jewish Peace Lobby,
a group that has been almost invisible
in the last few years, unveiled a letter
signed by 300 rabbis calling for a
"shared Jerusalem" as part of any
Israeli-Paleitinian settlement.
That sent even pro-peace-process
grOups ducking for cover.
Prof. Segal said their reaction was
predictable — and that it reflects the
unusual role he has carved out for his
group. "Our function all along has
been to push the edge," he said in an
interview. "It's to bringup the ideas -
that aren't being debated because
they're too controversial."
The rabbis' statement, he said, is
the result of a yearlong effort. "We've
talked to hundreds and hundreds of
rabbis, one at a time," he said. In fact,
more than 1,200 rabbis were
approached; a large majority rejected
the statement.
And the Rabbinical Assembly, rep-
resenting 1,500 Conservative rabbis,
and the Rabbinical Council of
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the-box proposals have moved into the
mainstream. In 1989, he released his
first letter from rabbis — with 150
calling on Israeli leaders to accept the
principle of "land for peace."
Ambassador Arrives
America, representing 1,100
srael's new ambassador to
Washington, David Ivry, got off
to a running start after his
arrival last week. He'll need it.
Ivry, a former Defense Ministry
official with top security credentials,
is expected to play a major role in
negotiations over new security assis-
tance to Israel to follow still-being-
negotiated agreements with Syria and
the Palestinians.
After presenting his credentials to
the State Department, Ivry began a
fast-paced series of meetings with
embassy personnel and State
Department and National Security
Council officials. That included
Edward "Ned" Walker, the newly
installed assistant secretary of state for
Near East affairs. Walker came back to
Washington after a stint as ambassador
to Israel; this week he swapped jobs
with the former assistant secretary,
Martin Indyk.
Ivry is expected to jump into the
Capitol Hill fray this week, where he
will have to sell a very expensive new
assistance package if the Syrian - Israeli
negotiations get back on track.
Orthodox rabbis, put out a statement
on Tuesday reiterating their "previous-
ly declared organizational policies that
Jerusalem is the united and indivisible
capital solely of the State of Israel."
They said they-viewed the Peace
Lobby initiative "with great dismay"
and added that "only Israel and her
neighbors should determine condi-
tions for peace."
- But Prof. Segal said public debate
over Jerusalem is necessary. "There's no
way to end this conflict without seri-
ously compromising on Jerusalem. If
the Israeli leaders don't know it, they're
deceiving themselves; if they do,
they're deceiving the Israeli public."
The statement suggests that only
small portions of the city have special
religious meaning to Jews and
Palestinians; in the rest, territorial
compromise is possible.
In the past, Prof. Segal's outside-
As if the congressional agenda wasn't
crowded enough, Jewish activists are
already starting to lay the political
groundwork for an aid package to
boost a possible agreement between
Israel and Syria.
By all accounts the package will be
a whopping one — starting at $16-17
billion, Israeli officials say, and likely
to go significantly higher.
U.S. Jewish leaders respond that
getting Congress to maintain current
levels of foreign policy funding will be
tough enough.
The Israeli government isn't helping.
Despite requests by the administration
not to do so, jerusalein is still asking for
Tomahawk cruise missiles. In fact,
Israeli newspapers reported this week
that Israel may double its request. ❑
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Push On Aid