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Opinion 4 TEXAS JEWISH post, Thursday, December u, 1995 ■ in our 49th year! hanuka issue
Washington Watch
Peres Visit: Full Alliance Nest?
A persistent undertone to this
week’s visit to Washington by Prime
Minister Shimon Peres involved the
idea of a full-blown defense alliance
between the two nations —potential-
ly a major new controversy lor pro-
Israel forces.
That concept surfaced recently in a
campaign speech by Sen. Bob Dole
(R-Kanv), who proposed upgrading
the current strategic cooperation be-
tween Washington and Jerusalem into
a formal military alliance
More recently, Prime Minister
Peres indicated and interest in the
idea of an alliance, something strong-
ly opposed by his predecessor, the
late Prime Minister Yit/hak Rabin.
Most observers suggest that Peres
has revived the idea because of the
possibility of serious movement on
By James David Besser
TJP Washington Correspondent
the Syrian-Israel i negotiating front.
"One ofhis primary goals in Wash
ington is to sound the administration
out on just how far they will go in
participating in a possible Synan-
Isracli deal in a military way.” said a
top pro-Israel source. "Peres is appar-
ently ready to move quickly on the
Syrian track — but he needs a big
boost to sell a deal to his own people.
Thai’s apparently what he hopes to
do by hinting about an alliance that
will commit the United States to de-
fend Israel.” *
But Israeli military officials have
traditionally opposed the idea of a
military alliance because it would
limit their flexibility.
“Israel’s policy has traditionally
been one of preemption.” said Shos-
hana Brycn, special projects director
for the Jewish Institute for National
JESS JA WIN: Graduation
he Frank Erwin Center at the University of Texas at
Austin was a memorable scene last Saturday.
It was approaching 10:01) a.m., and one C lass of six
Fall 1995 Convocations had already been held Now the
old jaw's family was braving the unusual twenty degree weather to
gel seated by the deadline for the Commencement of the College of
Liberal Arts.
We were excited as we watched the processional of approximate-
ly 1700 students. We looked and looked for our representative
granddaughter in the group, Jordana Beth Davidsohn
Where’s Jordana?” we asked her brother Reuben, who finishes
his studies at the University of Alabama this week and has formal
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Security Affairs (JINSA) "That poli-
cy would be a problem in a formal
military alliance It’stembly risky for
Israel because it limits their options,
and it would give officials in Wash-
ington a certain amount of control
over what they can do.”
And the American military estab-
lishment is unlikely to favor the idea
of a formal alliance in today’s uncer-
tain international climate, she said.
An American-Israel 1 military alli-
ance could also forestall any move to
put American peacekeeping forces
on the Golan heights, since such troops
are supposed to come from neutral
countries.
Because of objections on both sides
of the ocean, most observers expect
the effort to go beyond strategic co-
operation to advance at a slow pace.
"This is going to lake a long time to
work out, assuming Peres is serious,”
said a source close to the Israeli gov-
ernment. “A lot can happen before
this becomes a reality .”
Jews in Space?
Prime Minister Shimon Peres came
totown to talk mostly about Syna and
to reinforce his credentials as the dn v-
ing force behind the peace process.
But he came away with some goodies
— including an agreement for coop-
eration is space based research that
could lead to Israeli participation in
the Space Shuttle program
"As part of our effort to support
Israel’s advance in science and tech-
nology, I have today agreed with
Prime Minister Peres to proceed with
space-based experiments in sustain-
able water use and environmental
prolcction,”Clinton said at a Monday
news conference Thesecxpenmcnts
will lake place in unmanned space-
vehicles, in the shuttle program and in
the international space station ”
Clinton said that the program
would also include the training
of Israeli astronauts | §
"We look forward to working
out the arrangements for this cooper-
ation, and we arc absolutely certain
that it will benefit Israel’s high-tech
development as well as our own.” he
said. -
Army White Supremacist?
Last week, the news about the bot-
tled-up anti-terronsm bill was good,
thanks to a compromise proposal by
Rep Henry Hyde (R-III.) and Rep
Bob BaiT(R-Ga) intended to answer
objections from conservative Repub-
licans in the house The Senate passed
its version of the bill aimed at both
foreign and domestic terrorist groups
earlier this year.
But the optimism may have been
premature.
Late last week, a group of thirty
Republicans shot off a letter to house
Speaker Newt Gingnch (R-Ga.) ex-
pressing concern about the Hyde-
Barr compromise, and asking that
action on the measure be put off until
next year at the earliest.
Gingrich has apparently taken that
advice to heart — not a hard thing to
do, given the fact that Congress is
preoccupied with the latest budget
showdown.
But still, the quick response from
the conservatives suggest that the
Barr-Hyde compromise — wil^ not
be enough to unblock the bill, despite
the fact that Gingnch appears com-
mitted to its passage.
Jewish leaders now hope that the
house will act early in January on a
Jt
stripped-down proposal, and that
house-Senate negotiators will restore
some of the provisions yanked from
the bill.
“We think it will go throughsaid
Malcom Hoelein, executive vicechair
of the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organiza-
tions. a group that has pushed hard for
the terrorism bill. “We ARE con-
cerned about the backlash from the
conservatives. But the sense we get is
that the administration and the Re-
publican leadership will work hard to
get something through.”
But unless the Senate stands up to
the conservative Young Turks in the
House, other Jewish activist worry
that the final bill will be too weak —
especially in the area of controlling
domestic groups like the right-wing
militias, which seem to enjoy a mea-
sure of protection from the powerful
gun lobby.
More TSURIS for Terror Bill:
Jewish groups arc keeping an eye
on the Pentagon, which has promised
to investigate the possibility that the
military has tolerated white suprem-
acist and skinhead cells. •
That disturbing possibility —
see WASH WATCH p. 32
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