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To: StormRider who wrote (1542)	4/21/2002 1:14:15 PM
From: StormRider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

U.S. LAWMAKERS TO PUSH MEASURES BACKING ISRAEL By Vicki Allen, Reuters, 4/18/02 WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Key members of the House of Representatives said on Thursday they would seek up to $200 million in emergency aid to Israel, as U.S. lawmakers pushed bipartisan measures to support the Jewish State amid its campaign in Palestinian cities. Separately, two senators offered a bill that would impose sanctions on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and two House members introduced a non-binding resolution expressing solidarity with Israel and citing Arafat's "ongoing support and coordination of terror..." Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations foreign aid subcommittee, said she and other members of the panel would push for up to $200 million in emergency aid for Israel as part of a $27 billion counter-terrorism package moving through Congress. Israel already receives $3 billion in U.S. assistance annually, and had sought up to $800 million more.