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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dougjn who wrote (11011)	10/24/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Respond to of 67261

Doug, I agree with you about the outrageousness of the idea of letting Pollard go. But here's some insider baseball: I'm fairly certain based on what I've read on the Pollard issue that it was just a ruse to try and appease the Israeli right in the Knesset. Netanyahu has to return to Israel next week and face a no-confidence vote by members of his own coalition. Only because members of the opposition Labor Party have agreed to support his efforts, does this peace deal have any hope for passing through the Israeli parliament. By having brought up the Pollard issue, he could at least appear to the right to have tried to wrestle as much out of the peace negotiations as possible. As for the quid pro quo aspect, Netanyahu is handing a wounded Clinton a major political victory. Why shouldn't he expect a little payback?