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...most regrettable aspect is the lack of a trial. While the settlement will save the Government the cost of a lengthy proceeding, the deal will deprive the public of a chance to hear all the evidence in the largest white- collar case in U.S. history. "This is like the Nixon pardon," charges Michael Harkins, a New York City money manager. "We needed this case to go to trial because the charges against Milken went to the heart of our financial system...
...provocative settlement policies and intransigence toward the Palestinians is not the only cause of the unprecedented wave of criticism. Division and anxiety are also increasing over Israel's military ties to South Africa and the venturesome foreign policy that led to the Iran- contra affair and the Pollard spy case. There is outright disgust with the vulnerability of Israel's political system to the demands of fanatical ultra- Orthodox sects, as demonstrated last month by the ability of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, an 88-year-old Brooklyn rabbi, to derail the Labor Party's attempt to form a government. Last week...
...Hebrew Congregations: "There is a gap between what American Jewish leaders are saying publicly and privately. AIPAC and the Conference of Presidents are weakening in their power to silence Jewish debate. Their objective is to show we're a strong, united Jewish community. But that can't be the case, because if Jews in Israel are divided almost down the middle over the Palestinian question, American Jews are going to be divided as well...
That last week's criticism of the settlement in the Christian quarter was initiated by AIPAC and brought a similar expression of concern from the Conference of Presidents is tacit acknowledgment that Likud's policies are frightening even its most influential and pragmatic defenders in the U.S. In the case of AIPAC, there is fear that without a change in direction, a new Likud government could ultimately undermine the U.S.-Israeli relationship...
...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 a Jewish member of Congress...