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...rising chorus of dissent and reassessment is being heard, even from those known for their enduring commitment to Israel. Last week it came from the most unlikely voice of all. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the principal pro-Israeli lobby in the U.S., warned Acting Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir that his government's covert sponsorship of a Jewish settlement in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem was seriously threatening U.S.-Israeli relations, and might even lead American Jews to cut back their financial support of Israel...
...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...
Stubbornness with the peace process, abuse of Palestinians and religious intolerance have led to a rising chorus of dissent and a tougher line from Washington. -- A modest proposal to reform Congress: send them home...
...judges may intervene in matters of taxation. Writing for the majority, Justice Byron White said that to deny judges that right "would fail to take account of the obligations of local governments . . . to fulfill the requirements that the Constitution imposes on them." But Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the dissent, acidly observed, "Today's casual embrace of taxation imposed by the unelected, life-tenured federal judiciary disregards fundamental precepts for the democratic control of public institutions." Like many liberals, Colleen O'Connor of the American Civil Liberties Union hailed the decision. Said she: "It means states and cities...
...possession of child pornography a crime. Writing for the majority, Justice White said that Ohio legitimately sought to "destroy a market for the exploitative use of children." The case, which arose when Clyde Osborne, 66, was prosecuted for possessing sexually explicit photographs of young males, brought forth a stern dissent from Justice William Brennan. "Mr. Osborne's pictures may be distasteful, but the Constitution guarantees both his right to possess them privately and his right to avoid punishment under an overbroad...