Scoop supported freedom and democracy wherever it flourished. but this only partly explains his support for Israel. The Senator was also a close friend of the worlds Jewish community and used all his resources to assure that they would never again be victims of genocidal policies. His authorship of the landmark JacksonVanik amendment. tying mostfavorednation trade status for the Soviet Union to Soviet policy on Jewish emigration. reflected this broad concern. Scoop had faith in the strength. loyalty. and basic goodness of the American people. He believed that the threat to U.S. security arose less from internal conspiracy than from policies of an expansionist Soviet Union.
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