The opponents of these loan guarantees. and even some of the supporters of the loan guarantees. have paid too much attention to the diplomatic issues at stake and far too little attention to the humanitarian issue. The central issue. the real issue. the key issue. is the rescue of Soviet Jewry. The loan guarantees are just another step in the implementation of the longstanding policy favoring Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. For decades now. we have had a bipartisan consensus--bipartisan and bicameral. I might sayin favor of freedom of emigration. With the collapse of the Soviet Union. and establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. this policy is finally bearing fruit. Jews are being allowed to emigrate. The problem now is to help them resettle in their ancient homeland. Our debate on this issue has been sidetracked by the focus on the issue of settlements.
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