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— are ruled by leaders who
genuinely want peace.
In his exchanges with
the Americans, Hussein has
spoken warmly and pos-
itively of Prime Minister
Shimon Peres. The King —
as well as U.S. policymakers
— have similarly noted some
of the nice things which
Peres has said publicly about
Hussein. (Peres, for example,
has expressed "great respect"
for Hussein.) These back-
and-forth signals, U.S. offi-
cials said, are significant and
can have an important
psychological impact on ad-
vancing the preliminaries in
the peace process.
Hussein arrived in Wash-
ington with what he felt was
very good news. He was
authorized by Yassir Arafat
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ranwore
and his wing of the PLO to
express a fresh readiness for
peace talks with Israel —
provided that there was some
sort of .international confer-
ence "cover." The • actual
negotiations need not take
place at such a conference,
where Israel, the Arabs and
the five permanent members
of the Security Council
might assemble. Hussein
cited the brief December
1973 Geneva Conference as
an example of what he had
in mind. Agreements could
be negotiated in other
forums, but they would be
ratified at such an interna-
tional gathering.
The Reagan Administra-
tion, while not very excited
about the prospects of bring-,
ing the Soviet Union into the
peace process, is prepared to
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BY SHERWOOD D. KOHN
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Watching the maneu-
verings on the Middle
East is like being at three
Wimbledons at once. One
hardly knows which court
to focus on next.
The one to watch now —
or rather, the one you
can't help watching this
week — is the game star-
ring Jordan's King Hus-
sein, himself a real pro at
lobbing the ball into the
other guy's court.
Hussein dropped a shot
neatly onto the Western
side of the net last week
when he spoke briefly be-
fore some 200 people
crowded by the American
Enterprise Institute into a
second floor. ballroom at
Washington's posh Madi-
son Hotel, and from the
looks of things, he may
have aroused some inter-
est. At the very least, he
seems to have come up
with something new.
The new part was the
dapper little monarch's as-
surances that he could de-
liver the Palestinians to a
peace conference, spon-
sored by the United Na-
tions Security Council,
and that the Palestinians
are willing to accept UN
Security Council Resolu-
tions 242 and 338 as a
basis for direct negotia-
tions with Israel.
It all looks so easy. But
things, especially in the
Middle East, are never
simple.
First of all, it was obvi-
ous from King Hussein's
remarks early in his
speech that the Arab
world has not moved from
its position, held for at
least 39 years, that the
existence of Israel, not to
mention its occupation of
the West Bank, is an in-
justice. The Arabs are now
willing to forget most of
that stuff, indicated Hus-
sein, and start talking.
At this writing, Yassir
Arafat had not said word
one. The. Israelis are wait-
ing for him to speak up.
So is the United States.
And even if Arafat says
he'll talk, few Israelis will
believe him.
Further, it is apparent
that Hussein, whose king-
dom harbors a greater
concentration of Palesti-
nians than any other na-
tion in the world, is under
considerable pressure to
get things moving in their
direction. Some experts
feel that a disgruntled
crowd of Arafat sym-
pathizers, incited by the
PLO, could pose a threat
to Hussein's government.
The king is more vulnera-
ble than he has been in
years.