To me. "appropriate" means that the United States should hold firm to its position and not grant any loan guarantees until the Israeli government agrees to stop all new settlement construction in the occupied territories. "Appropriate" also means. Mr. President. that the details of the program be rational. In other words. the amount of the loan guarantees should be tied to the actual number of refugees going to Israel. In recent weeks. far fewer Jewish immigrants have been arriving in Israel than had been previously estimated. We must not remain locked in at any particular amount of loan guarantees. Common sense suggests that we should carefully examine Israels needs relative to the actual number of refugees arriving. In addition. Mr.
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