President. all of us hoped that the stunning electoral victory of Israels Prime Minister Rabin would help ease some recent strains in United StatesIsraeli relations. and at the same time open the door to progress in the Middle East peace process. While it is too early to break out any champagne. it is not too early to conclude that there are real. concrete grounds for new hope on both counts. It is also not too early to consider what that might mean in terms of Israels request for assistance in resettling Jews immigrating from the former Soviet Union. Secretary of State Baker has just concluded cordial and promising talks in Israel. Without doubt. the focus of those discussions was the apparent new flexibility in Israeli settlements policy.
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