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Jerusalem, including the Temple
Mount — won't come to pass."
The fact that the Temple Mount
was the emotional flashpoint of the
current violence complicated the
reaction among American Jews, sev-
eral analysts said.
"An overwhelming majority of the
American Jewish community still
supports efforts to bring about
peace," said Abraham Foxman,
national director of the Anti-
Defamation League, "but differences
arise over how much you give up. It
may well be that the Temple Mount
is that critical point where people
who are inclined to be supportive of
the peace process may begin to part
company."

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Jewish Opinion

In a conference call arranged by the
Jewish Council for Public Affairs on
Tuesday, Jewish community rela-
tions activists expressed concern
about negative press coverage of the
violence and the surge of demon-
strations around the country in sup-
port of the Palestinians, including a
rally on the capitol steps in South
Carolina and a demonstration in
front of the home of Democratic
Vice Presidential candidate Joseph
Lieberman.
At least one Jewish group predict-
ed that the violence would not
change the views of most U.S. Jews.
Americans for a Safe Israel
President Herbert Zweibon, a per-
sistent peace process critic, said that
"American Jews are still reacting as
if everything is going smoothly, that
Israel still knows what it's doing.
They haven't responded to the fact
that the Temple Mount has been
put on the table and that the UN,
of all things, may be involved in
determining the fate of the holy
places."
Thomas Smerling, Washington
director for the pro-peace process
Israel Policy Forum, said supporters
of the negotiations are disappointed
by the violence but not discouraged.
Most American Jews, he said, will
continue to support the Barak gov-
ernment's peace efforts.
"Setbacks are hard to take," he
said. "But those who have been
working on this historic process
know that it takes decades to unrav-
el a conflict that took decades to
create. If you look at it from that
perspective, the trends are still
favorable in terms of a negotiated
settlement." ❑

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