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l ewish leaders watched anx-
il
iously — but without the
usual public outcry — as the
Bush administration this
week turned the screws,on the gov-
ernment of Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon.
Members of Congress weren't so
shy; a barrage of activity was meant
to keep the administration from
offering too many concessions to
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Publicly, the administration almost
pleaded with Sharon to let Arafat go
to the 22-nation Arab League summit
in Beirut. That session started on
Wednesday, and early this week the
administration was still hoping it
would generate support for the Saudi
plan offering recogni-
tion of Israel in
return for a with-
drawal to the 1967
borders.
Privately, they used
much stronger lan-
guage, insisting that
Sharon's intransigence
on the subject could
ultimately jeopardize
U.S. efforts to line up
Arab and Moslem
support for the
expected strike
against Iraq.
"It's the public criti-
cism that's distress-
ing," said Abraham
Foxman, national
director of the Anti-
Defamation League.
"It makes it look like
the U.S. is dictating
to Israel." Foxman
said he expressed his