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Reps Oppose
Resolution

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ust when it seems Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat's stock has
sunk to record lows in
Washington, it plunges even lower.
That happened again this week,
only days after both houses of
Congress passed strongly worded but
non-binding resolutions expressing
solidarity with Israel and frustration
with ongoing Palestinian terror.
Last week's House resolution was the
tougher of the two, citing Arafat's
ongoing support of terror" and the
Palestinian Authority's involvement in
the Karine A arms smuggling scheme,
"an effort that irrefutably proved
Arafat's embrace of the use and escala-
tion of violence."
The administration had pressured
congressional leaders to hold up the
resolutions, but both passed by over-
whelming margins. In the Senate, only
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Sen.
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., voted no; in
the House, 21 members voted against
the Israel solidarity measure, which
was sponsored by Rep. Tom Lantos,
D-Calif., and Rep. Tom DeLay, R-
Texas, the House Majority Whip.
All but four of the no votes in the
House were cast by Democrats; four
came from lawmakers from Michigan,
which has a large concentration of
Arab-American voters. The Michigan
congressmen who voted no were David
Bonior, D-Mt. Clemens, John Conyers,
D-Detroit, John Dingell, D-Dearborn,
and Nick Smith, R-Addison.
Bonior, who is seeking the Democratic
nomination for Michigan governor, said,
"I opposed this resolution because it
undermined the Administration's
attempts to achieve a cease-fire. I recog-
nize the deep pain suffered by Israelis • -
and Palestinians. I want a resolution to
the conflict that allows for Israel to
exist with security and without attacks
upon its citizens, and allows for the
Palestinians to live with dignity and
with a life free from violence."
During the congressional debate, even
lawmakers long considered unfriendly
to Israel did not rise to Arafat's defense.
The only real concession to adminis-
tration concerns was language in the
House resolution encouraging the
international community to "take
action to alleviate the humanitarian
needs of the Palestinian people." CI

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— James Besser, Washington correspondent

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