The Jewish Chronicle

Was a tough leader

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Oslo — had opened up.

As Mr Bush prepared to run for reelection in 1992, Mr Baker was alleged to have suggested: “F**k the Jews, they don’t vote for us.”

Whatever the truth about the remark (the Secretary of State vehemently denied uttering it), for many American Jews it appeared to encapsulat­e the administra­tion’s lack of sensitivit­y. They also had a rather

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