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Many pro-Israel groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Congress, expressed disapproval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statement warning of Munich-like appeasement as the Bush administration woos Arab and Muslim nations for its anti-terror coalition. At the same time, these and other groups are waging a low-profile, high-intensity campaign to make sure Israei's concerns are heard in Congress as a counterweight to the administration's focus on winning Arab and Muslim support. Jewish activists are delivering a two-part message: The first part cen- ters on overwhelming Jewish support for the U.S.-led anti-terror war and for the Bush administration's leader- ship. To underscore that support, most Jewish groups blunted their criticism of a series of administration decisions that seemed to narrow the focus of the anti-terror effort to the bin Laden network, and ignore anti- Israel terror groups. At the same time, pro-Israel activists are quietly urging Congress to serve as a counterforce to keep that focus from narrowing too much. "One of the themes is the idea that Congress, and particularly the Senate leadership, has always played an important role in ensuring that Israel's interests are taken into account in the formulation of broad- er Mideast policy," said Jess Hordes, Washington director for the Anti- Defamation League.""And that's a role they should continue to play." Jewish leaders are anxious to avoid the impression that they are using Congress to put the brakes on ele- ments of the administration's war strategy, other Jewish leaders say. But they want the brakes to be in good shape if the administration moves too fast in the direction of wooing Arab and Muslim support. That was the core message of a group of Jewish organization repre- sentatives who met with Senate Democratic leaders last week. "The message they heard loud and clear — and reiterated back to us — is that distinguishing between good and bad terrorists is completely unacceptable," said Hannah Rosenthal, executive vice-chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), which arranged the meet- ing. "In a war against terrorism, we are trying to stop people from com- mitting acts of terror against civil- ians; it doesn't matter if that person happens to be in a pizza place in Jerusalem or in the World Trade Center." Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, expressed strong con- cerns about an administration coali- tion-building effort that he said might threaten Israel's security. The Senate delegation also includ- ed Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D- S.D., Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and both New York senators — Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, both Democrats. A scheduled meeting with Republican leaders was canceled. Terror List Everything has changed in the U.S. stance on international terrorism as people around the country feel the fear that terrorism spawns — and as the military launches its attacks on the infrastructure that supports ter- rorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Well, not everything. Late last week the biennial State Department list of terrorist organizations was released with no major changes. As usual, the lineup includes bin Laden's Al-Qaida network, allegedly responsible for the Sept. 1 1 World Trade Center and Pentagon terror attacks.