content: Monica Lewinsky a Latter-day Esther Many of the key players in the scandal are Jewish: Ms Lewinsky herself, her lawyer, Mr William Ginsburg, and the literary agent, Ms Lucianne Goldberg, who suggested that Ms Lewinsky's friend, Ms Linda Tripp, tape-record phone conversations with her. Ironically, of course, some Palestinians have previously charged that the Clinton administration has a pro-Israeli bias, and blamed that on the Jews surrounding the President - including the Secretary of State, Ms Madeleine Albright, the special envoy, Mr Dennis Ross, and two top State Department officials, Mr Martin Indyk and Mr Aaron Miller. Fuelling the suggestions of antiPalestinian intrigue is the fact that, were the scandal to bring down Mr Clinton, he would be replaced by the Vice-President, Mr Al Gore. If Mr Clinton is a great friend of Israel, but no admirer of Mr Netanyahu, one Israeli analyst noted last night: "Mr Gore is a friend of the Likud" - the Prime Minister's party.