Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white | number | black OCR: ADL Questions State Department's Change in Policy Page 75 NEW YORK, Dec. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) questioned the State Department's apparent change in policy regarding government officials' participation in non-governmental meetings in East Jerusalem. The league learned that Ambassador Morris B. Abram, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, was denied permission by the State Department to attend a private meeting of international jurists at the Hyatt Hotel in Jerusalem. The hotel is on the border between east and west Jerusalem. "For some time we have been concerned about U.S. policy which prohibits American officials from attending Israeli government functions in East Jerusalem," Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, said in a letter to Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger. "Nevertheless, it was our understanding that this policy was restricted to government-sponsored events. The current incident appears to take this policy to a new level in that it forbids American officials from attending events in East Jerusalem which are sponsored by private international organizations. We would appreciate clarification of U.S. policy in this regard," Foxman added.
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