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...were craning their necks for a better look. Flanking the cameras and electric cables came the men with microphones and blazing lights. In the middle of it all strode the politician they were focusing on, trailing a small group of aides. Had the scene been set in the U.S. Capitol, it would have been run-of-the-mill stuff. But this was the Kremlin, and the man doing the politicking was President Mikhail Gorbachev. As he moved along, he buttonholed Deputies of the new parliament of the Russian federation, urging them to preserve national unity by electing his candidate...
...consequences of today's political ferment in the American Diaspora are profound. Both the Bush Administration and members of Congress are increasingly willing to pressure Israel to move the peace process forward. AIPAC is the object of surprising dissent within the Jewish community and deepening resentment on Capitol Hill. Moreover, evidence abounds that all but a few of the 38 Jewish members of Congress (eight Senators, 30 Representatives) favor a compromise in which Israel would exchange territory for peace along the lines suggested by the Reagan and Bush administrations -- despite their unwillingness to say so publicly...
American Jewish leaders have been secretly carrying messages to Jerusalem warning of the restiveness in the U.S. Diaspora and among key policymakers in Washington. "The kind of automatic support of Israel that existed for years on Capitol Hill is simply not here anymore," says the administrative assistant to a Jewish member of Congress. A case in point: the reaction to a proposal by Senate Republican leader Robert Dole to free up foreign-aid dollars for the fledgling democracies of Eastern Europe and Latin America by cutting 5% from the $6.9 billion earmarked for five key allies, Israel included. Says...
...growing impatience with Israel on Capitol Hill is reflected in a gradual but perceptible ebbing in the power of the so-called Jewish lobby. "Today the great and grievous fright about AIPAC is gone," says a high-ranking staff member of the House subcommittee on Middle Eastern affairs. "There is a real sense of sorrow up here at what's become of Israel, that it's been reduced to bashing Palestinians and producing leaders like Shamir and Sharon." Such sentiments -- shocking at first hearing when one considers that their source is a politician who has worked closely with Jewish leaders...
Critics of limitation rightly say that not all old blood is bad blood. Many, perhaps most, members of Congress are qualified and competent -- individually. But together, as an institution, they are paralyzed. Expeditious action on Capitol Hill is reserved for nonsensical commemorative resolutions like "National Prom Graduation Kickoff Day." Important issues -- the deficit, education reform, health care -- are either ducked or shunted to powerless commissions for study. Contrivances like automatic spending cuts substitute for judgment...