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charged parties talking is an immense
effort. Other areas where the United
States would be helpful include funding
for various economic,1 political and
military needs of the parties, guarantees
for parts of any settlement, pressure on
third parties to play their roles as out-
lined above and assistance in the build-
ing of appropriate Palestinian democrat-
ic institutions and security forces.
The American public has a role to
play as well — and that is to support
the U.S. government in its effort to
facilitate a settlement of the Mideast
conflict. An Internet campaign to
demonstrate this support across a broad
cross section of Americans is being initi-
ated shortly under the auspices of the
grass roots Campaign for American
Leadership in the Middle East
(CALME). You can participate when
the details are announced in a few
weeks.
If everyone does the "right thing,"
then the chances for a formal agreement
are increased; failure by any of the play-
ers to act will decrease the probability
for an agreement.
How ironic that Arafat's death may
accomplish what he fought against for
his entire life. ❑
extremist. Her words went through
me like a knife, and I cried off and
on all day — my grief accentuated
by the fact that we at the Jewish
Council for Public Affairs had just
met with him in Tel Aviv the week
before.
Did we recognize sufficiently the
poisonous climate that led up to
this tragedy? Could we have taken
some action to calm the situation? I
continue to ask myself those ques-
tions.
Our choice is clear. Either we can
be observers of this unfolding drama
from the sidelines and pray for the
best. Or in the remaining months
before July, we can come together as
a community, representing the full
spectrum of religious and political
perspectives, to consider how to
communicate our convictions and
feelings to the Israeli people directly,
in the hope that we will help shape,
and not merely be witnesses to,
Jewish history. ❑
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