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based on an unequivocal rec-
ognition of Israel's right to ex-
ist in peace behind secure
borders?
Middle East observers be-
lieve it is unlikely that, in the
final analysis, the Syrian-
backed, hard-line factions
within the Palestinian move-
ment, led by George Habash,
Naif Hawatmeh, Ahmed
Jibril and Abu Mussa, will
abandon their collective
political baggage and accept
a compromise with Israel.
They also doubt that the
Syrian government of Presi-
dent Hafez Assad will ac-
quiesce in such negotiations.
Dr. Eli Kedourie, professor
of politics at the London
School of Economics, who is
regarded as one of the world's
foremost Orientalists, is con-
vinced that "Syria will not ac-
cept any settlement that does
not leave it as the master of
the situation!'
Kedourie, who was scathing
of the United States decision
to establish an open dialogue .
with the PLO, added that he
_could not envisage the Soviet
Union "doing to Syria what
Washington has done to
Israel:'
In the meantime, both - the
PLO hard-liners and the
Syrian government are ex-
pected to allow Arafat to pur-
sue his diplomatic offensive
and drive a wedge between
Israel and its allies in the
knowledge that Israel will not
oblige him by sitting down at
the negotiating table and
testing the rhetoric.
Arafat's immediate task is
to keep alive the momentum
of his initiative until George
Bush enters the White House
next month.
To this end, he is vigorous-
ly seeking to arrange a sum-
mit meeting of Arab League
heads of state, including
Egypt, which has been frozen
out of the Arab League since
its 1979 peace treaty with
Israel. Arafat hopes such a
summit will endorse his pro-
nouncements and — for the
moment, at least — draw the
teeth of the Syrians.
At the same time, his en-
voys are expected to fan out
over Western Europe in the
coming weeks to amplify the
statements of their leader
and spread the seasonal
message of peace and good-
will.
For all his diplomatic suc-
cesses in the West, however,
the PLO leader cannot afford
to lower his guard for a mo-
ment.
This was illustrated
dramatically by one brief
glitch in an otherwise
flawless operation mounted
by Swiss security forces in
Geneva last week: As Arafat's

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