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September 26, 1991
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the peace process," they said in a
letter drafted by Senator Frank
(United Services) and Motorola
Communications. The company
maintains paging centers in Tel
Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Eilat.
nearly all of the 48 organizations
in the Conference of Presidents
joined in strong support of Con-
gressional legislation "immediate-
dent decided to act for repeal of
the resolution that is anathema to
Israel and its friends as a means
to halt the downward swirl of
U.S.-Israeli relations and their
impact on the proposed confer-
ence. One observation was that
Bush made a significant effort to
diminish strains with Israel over
his refusal to assure support for
Bush request for a postpone-
ment to September. At a news
conference here shortly before
the delegates of Jewish groups
Bush urges Zionism-
Racism repeal
ly" to help Israel meet the costs
of absorbing the new immigrants
now in Israel and to be ready for
the million more expected to
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with Lautenberg were Daniel
Inouye (Hawaii), Dennis DeCon-
dni (Ariz.), Tom Harkin (Iowa),
Barbara Mikulski (Md.) and Re-
publicans Alfonse D'Amato (NY),
Arlen Specter (Pa.) and Robert
Kasten (Wis.). Others signing
were Quentin Burdick (D-ND),
Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Brock
Adams (D-Wash.) and Wyche
Fowler (D-Ca.).
Inouye is the ranking Democrat
on the full Appropriations Com-
Beepers are
‘beeping’
ISRAEL - Radio paging service
Beeper Israel Communications
reports an increase of 42 percent
tions might damage the Bush
Administration's prestige as the
world Superpower, it was seen as
negligible in relation to security.
Other attempts at a peace confer-
ence have floundered without
damage to the nation.
American Jewry's support for
the guarantee has been months
in the making. Selection of Sept.
12 for coming of Americans to
Washington for Congressional
in the next five years.
Even before Bush's veto threat,
there was talk of compromise to
meet his demands for delay. .
Compromises bruted about were
a delay of several weeks in the
legislation, spreading the guar-
antee over more than five years
and lowering the amount for
each year from the requested $2
billion to something less while
Israel would pay the U.S. costs
for administering the guarantee.
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Noting that Bush made no di-
rect linkage of the repeal call with
his administration's attempt for an
Arab-Israeli peace conference
next month, some observers said
the President's decision was
based in the diplomacy fostered
by Secretary of State James Baker
to bring the conference into being
by mid-October.
quell the consternation in Israel and Jewry aroused by the
controversy and widespread criticism of Israel, including
a tinge of anti-Semitism that shocked the White House
and Congress.
handled 33,000 calls each day - an
average of one call per 2.6 sec-
onds and 1.3 seconds during peak
hours. Beeper Communications is
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American loan guarantees to Is-
rael are not grants and do not in-
volve any transfer of funds from
the United States Treasury. Not
one penny of U.S. money will be
provided to Israel. In effect/ the
U.S. will simply be "cosigning" a
loan for its only democratic ally
in the Middle East.
The only potential "real" cost
to the U.S. would occur if Israel
were to default on its loans, which
it has never done.
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tions Subcommittee. Senator
Patrick Leahy (D-Vet.) is the sub-
committee chairman.
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Loan guarantees
to Israel - no cost
to U.S. taxpayers
isalem government, the Presi-
dent apparently inserted the repeal call in his address to
Mercedes
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mittee and Kasten is the ranking
Lautenberg (D-NJ). "The fate of Republican on the Foreign Opera-
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WASHINGTON - Eight of the subcommittee signing the letter
13 members of the Senate Foreign
these refugees should not-be held
hostage to political differences,
over which the refugees have no
control, between Israel and the
Arab nations. We support ap-
proval of the (absorption loan)
guarantees promptly, in the most
cost effective way possible".
The letter, made public Sept.
20, said "recent developments in
the Soviet Union, although en-
couraging, cast a troublesome
shadow on the future and safety
of Jews in the region. Ethnic na-
tionalism is on the rise in each of
the republics, and the onset of
winter and potential famine could
fuel ethnic tensions. Historically,
the combination of these factors
spell uncertainty for Jews in the
former Soviet Union.
Democratic members of the
age all their members to partici-
pate in the forums. There is no
charge for the forums, and the
To RSVP, call 551-7600, xt.
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rael to encourage Israel to pass the housing loan guaran-
tee requested by the Jeru
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Second forum speaker
Oct. 13
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the White House denouncing the efforts by friends of Is-
Operations Appropriations Sub-
committee which has initial juris-
diction over U.S.’loan guarantees,
have urged President Bush to
work with the Appropriations
Committee to permit continued
emigration of Soviet refugees to
Israel..
"Approval of the refugee guar-
agees is a humanitarian issue
which is separate and apart from
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ter Israel agreed in March to the ning of the year, the centers have
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First forum speaker
Oct. 3
Majority of Senate panel
on loan aid support
guarantee, president informed
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The organizations, which also
include: American Jewish Com-
mittee, American Jewish Congress,
B'nai B'rith Women, B'nai B'rith
Council, Hadassah, Hebraica zling to those following the Ad-
Houston, Jewish Community Cen- ■ ministration's efforts to bring a
ter of Houston, National Council peace conference into being,
of Jewish Women and Seven Acres While failure to create negotia-
Observers in New York said that the loan guarantee.
the delegates at the UN received His remarks about the resolu-
the President's speech quietly tion were midway in his prepared
and that it was not Interrupted 24-minute speech, made available
once with applause. Observers here, that dealt with a dozen sub-
also emphasized that the foeri jects of international concern. □
However, under new laws
Tadiran help passed last year, a small percen-
m ae 2.., tage of each loan guarantee must
tor me Dlina be set aside in a "reserve fund"
ISRAEL-Tadiran Telecomm- in case a country defaults on
nications!has developed a tele- Management and Budget (OMB)
phone exchange station combined determines this amount (referred
with itsCoral system enabling its to as the "scoring") based on a
operation by a blind telephone countrys credit worthiness.
opera or. . . Because Israel has never de-
Instead of indicator lights as for faulted on a loan and has a strong
the deaf, the station emits audio credit rating, this figure should
messages informing the caller the be minimal. Whatever the cost,
source of the call. The system is under last years Budget Enforce-
already in use in the office of the ment Act it cannot be added to
President, the National Insurance the federal deficit and it cannot
Institute and offices of the Income come’out of any domestic spend-
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