It is this administrations work that may mean a peaceful future for all of the citizens of Israel. Finally. let it not be said that we are being coldhearted or uncaring in our position on the loan guarantees. Surely. our first humanitarian obligation is to help refugees coming to our own country. We have increased by $37 million the funding assistance to Israel while decreasing our own spending on refugees in this country. The bill that we passedtoday. in factcontained $80 million for the resettlement in Israel of Soviet refugees. It is in there at a time we are cutting back drastically on our own countrys refugee resettlements from $416 to $227 millionby $189 million we are cutting our own. Let us not place ourselves in opposition to the administration position. Somehow we have tragically reached a point where it is now antiIsrael. or antiSemitic to disagree with those who believe the only proper United States policy toward Israel Is the policy approved by the Israeli Government.
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