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To: Murrey Walker who wrote (41602)	9/14/2001 12:24:09 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Well, I beg to differ. DCo you really think they did such a good job? Here are some excerpts. The first, from the Miami Herald on August 4: Bush and his foreign policy team seem leery of putting too much pressure on Israel, in part because they fear it could encourage more attacks by Palestinians. Bush is also constrained by domestic politics. Christian conservatives, a key part of Bush's Republican base of support, are among Israel's most outspoken supporters. And Congress and public opinion tilt heavily toward Israel's side in the Middle East conflict. Dennis Ross, former President Bill Clinton's special Middle East envoy, said Bush must hold both Israelis and Palestinians accountable for violations of the cease-fire. ``They have to understand that there's a certain point when we're prepared to go public'' and say who's to blame, said Ross, who's now at the private Washington Institute for Near East Policy. ``I don't see anything else that's going to change the dynamic.'' A congressional hearing two days after the Nablus attack focused almost exclusively on the Palestinian side of the violence. `HEAVY PRICE' ``The United States must demonstrate that there is a heavy price to pay for the Palestinian decision to resort to violence in order to win their aims,'' Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., said in remarks that captured the tone of the hearing. Nonetheless, U.S. presidents have sometimes squeezed the Israeli government in the past. In 1992, Bush's father, then-President George Bush, threatened to withhold U.S. loan guarantees to Israel if its leaders continued to permit new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel responded by ordering a freeze on new settlements. In 1982, President Reagan pressured Prime Minister Menachem Begin in a tense telephone call to stop the Israeli bombing of Beirut. ``You don't spank an ally in public. If you do it in public all you're doing is grandstanding,''' said Ken Stein, a Middle East expert at the Carter Center in Atlanta. google.com ___- The second, an article about Bush' defense pick, Coats, and what a strong supporter of Israel he is, and what that signalled: google.com Note a few excerpts: The secretary of defense serves alongside the president's national security adviser and secretary of state as a key figure on foreign policy issues. All arms sales must be approved by the Pentagon, making the secretary of defense a crucial figure in Israeli-US ties. "Whatever agreement will emerge from the peace process, when it comes to the implementation, if Israel needs equipment, it is approved by the Pentagon," said an Israeli military official in Washington. "Programs like the Arrow anti-missile missile are all in the secretary of defense's hands." ____ Campaign promises: moving our embassy to Jerusalem. Some excerpts: Bush also warned Israel's potential adversaries that should the peace process fail, the United States' resolve to continue its close diplomatic, military and economic ties with the tiny nation would remain unbowed. "My support for Israel is not conditional on the outcome of the peace process," he said. "America's special relationship with Israel precedes the peace process. And Israel's adversaries should know that in my administration, the special relationship will continue even if they cannot bring themselves to make true peace with the Jewish state," Bush said. google.com )______ From February, an excerpt: Given Sharon's demands, Bush's hands-off policy, and the fact that American pilots are again bombing their fellow Muslims in Iraq, Palestinians on the street were unimpressed with Powell's visit. The article:http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:3foQUvAtabM:www.thegully.com/essays/israel/010226powell_tour.html+Bush+Israel&hl=en I could go on and on. There was policy in place here, and I never felt it was wise, and I am not confident about what's going to happen. The next,