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Soldiers clad in olive drab carry- ing automatic weapons conveyed a clear message: life will return to normal but would-be ter- rorists will be swiftly dealt with. Under orders to take preven- tive measures the IDF is spot- checking civilians, especially young men. Periodically, throughout the day, soldiers stop youths who assume the universal position of suspects — arms outstretched hands braced against a wall — while they are searched for concealed weapons and their identity papers in- spected. Meanwhile, Jewish settlers are following an agenda of their own to force the authorities to take mdch harsher measures than heretofore to curb terrorist activity in the territory. Their leaders admitted, at a press con- ference in Jerusalem Thursday, that they will have to switch from para-military tactics to more political activism. Warned by the government and the IDF that vigilantism will not be tolerated, they have more or less abandoned their armed patrols in Arab towns which they frankly admitted were intended to intimidate the Arab populace. But they are try- ing to recover a two-story flat in the Hebron casba from which they were evicted last month. It was while standing guard over the vacant flat that Sorek was stabbed to death on Sept. 3 and another soldier, Arye Bons- tein, was seriously wounded. The guard has since been re- moved but IDF patrols regularly pass the locked premises. The Arab who reportedly sold them the flat, Mohammad Yunes, has petitioned Defense Minister Yit- zhak Rabin to reoccupy it on grounds that his deal with the settlers has been declared il- legal. The settlers, who fear the army might take permanent possession, want it back in civi- lian hands. That would improve chances of re-instating the sale in the future. The flat has no particular value. But for the settlers it represents an expan- sion of the Jewish presence in the heart of the Arab quarter. They are also' trying to per- suade the authorities to remove the walls erected by the army after the stabbings to prevent Jewish militants from entering the casba. According to Rabbi Moshe Levinger, leader of the Hebron militants, the wall creates a "ghetto-like" situation. Attempts by Jews last week to breach the walls by force were thwarted by soldiers. Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe Levy visited Jewish settlers in Hebron to stress that the army alone was responsible for secu- rity in the territory and would act against anyone who breaks the law, Arab or Jew. The settlers told Gen. Levy they would no longer undertake armed patrols in Arab towns or similar activities which could bring about confrontations with the army. Premier Shimon Peres warned the settlers meanwhile that only the government and Knesset will decide where Jewish set- tlements can be established and those decisions will not be made under duress. Addressing a meeting of Na'amat-Pioneer Women, the Women's Labor Zionist organ- ization in Tel Aviv, the premier said recent events in the West Bank showed that the settlers were not protecting soldiers. The soldiers have to protect the settlers, he said. In New York, the United Na- tions Security Council met Thursday afternoon to discuss the unrest in the West Bank. The meeting was requested by Qatar's U.N. Ambassador, Hamad Abdelazis Al-Kawari, in