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TO:    David bar-Ilan, Eye on Media, Jlem Post
FROM:  Steve Amdur, Kibbutz Haon, Jordan Valley, 15170 Israel.
       Telephone:  972-6-757572; FAX:  972-6-757554
DATE:  5/23/96
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REF:   Israel English Radio News 5/23 AM
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A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FROM OUR BEST FRIEND BILL
or "WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT ...."

Lead story Israel Radio News 5/23 07:00 is President Flapjackpromising that the USA will always stand behind Israel, every stepof the way, and that there's no turning back on the Piece Process. This headline news story ends with the news that Prime Minister &Minister of Defense Rasinbrains thanked President Bill for thosekind words.
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COMMENT:  Probably wrote 'em, too.
	Or else his campaign manager did.

ANALYSIS:  
	That was not a news story.  It reported no change of norexplication of US policy; merely an iteration of public USpolicy. Nor did the report hold implicit, code-worded, nornuanced changes.  In short, this was merely a stump speech bythe U.S. President for the re-election campaign of the IsraelPrime Minister. 

RETRACTION:
	Well, perhaps that's the news story; the USA used to dothat sort of thing -- up to the shores of Grenada -- with theU.S. Marines. not in a speech to the U.S. Coast GuardAcademy.  Although JFK did a nice neat job of knocking of NgoDinh Diem while sitting on the porch at Hyannisport in hisrocking chair, chatting with Walter Cronkite. 

