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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48949)	8/25/2005 4:45:02 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Musharraf causes excitement among American Jews By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: Contact between American Jewish leaders and Pakistani government representatives has been the norm rather than the exception, especially in the last two years. Pakistan’s last ambassador in Washington, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, was in regular contact with representative Jewish organisations, a practice that has been continued, under instructions from Islamabad, by the current ambassador, Jehangir Karamat. Only last week, the Pakistani ambassador had a luncheon meeting with Barry Jacobs, director of strategic Studies at the American Jewish Committee. In New York, Pakistani official representatives have kept in touch with leading American-Jewish organisations. While the major Jewish organisations’ first task is to watch the interests of American Jewry, they also act as strong lobbying groups in Congress and with the administration for the state of Israel. Jacobs, a key official at the American Jewish Committee who served in New Delhi as the American embassy spokesman in the 1980s, in an interview with Daily Times on Wednesday described President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to speak at a meeting of the American Jewish Congress next month in New York as “a lovely thing, a very useful step.” He said there should be “closer relations” between the Jewish people and the Government of Pakistan. He said he was aware of the unease felt in Pakistan about the growing relationship between India and Israel but there was no reason for Pakistan to feel a sense of concern. There was also no reason for Pakistan to have no relations with Israel. After all, he argued, there were several Muslim countries in Central Asia, not to mention Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, that had full diplomatic relations with Israel. Why should Pakistan not follow their example, he asked? He emphasised that relations with Israel would bring benefits to Pakistan. Not to have relations was both strange and unwise, he added. Jacobs recalled that when President Musharraf said some years ago that Pakistan should examine the question of Israel’s recognition, the statement was warmly welcomed by the American Jewish community. Any betterment in relations between Pakistan and Israel, he stressed, would be most opportune and in everybody’s interest. If Pakistan were to move ahead on this road, it would be a good and sensible step. He said the American Jewish Committee might seek a meeting with President Musharraf when he visits New York next month. He stressed that there is no intrinsic reason for Pakistan-Israel relations not to exist. He said, “We realise that in Pakistan, there may be domestic factors at work and it may make it difficult (for Musharraf) to move ahead, but we hope there would be progress.” Jacobs said, “We don’t expect Musharraf to do a Sadaat and fly into Jerusalem, but we hope that things would move in the desired direction.” Pakistan’s moderation would play an important role in putting to rest such scenarios as Huntington’s clash of civilisations he added.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48949)	8/25/2005 10:35:40 AM
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