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ARTHUR J. MAGIDA
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Shamir:
'Capitulated' to Likud foes.
itiative meant that Shamir
"opted for keeping his posi-
tion and party intact as his
highest priority."
Labor's response will be "a
severe test' of its "inner
strength and public stan-
ding," continued the editors.
The initiative was intended to
achieve a new political pro-
cess with the Palestinians .. .
[and] also to detour around
the inherent differences bet-
ween Labor and Likud. Even
if the two parties could not
agree on final goals, they
could agree on short-term
goals, like the election
scheme."
"The question now," said
the Post, "is whether the
Labor Party will, like the
premier, also capitulate" to
the demands of Likud
right-wingers.
Meanwhile, on the Arabic-
language "Radio Monte
Carlo," Bassam Abu-Sharif, a
spokesman for PLO leader
Yassir Arafat, denied the
Israeli government's charges
that the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
bus incident was "terrorism."
"The terrorists," said Abu-
Sharif, "are [Israeli Prime
William Safire:
'Unhelpful harangue'
Minister Yitzhak]. Shamir
and his government. Whoever
defends his rights and resists
occupation is not a terrorist."
The U.S. State Depart-
ment's initial hesitation in
joining Israel in calling the
bus attack a "terrorist" inci-
dent was one of four
"blunders" that New York
Times columnist William
Safire claimed have tainted
recent American foreign
policy toward the Middle
East. The other three goofs,
according to Safire:
• The U.S. put no pressure
on "slippery" Jordanian King
Hussein to accept Israel's
election plan for Palestinians.
And rather than give the
PLO a deadline for accepting
the offer, Secretary of State
James Baker "rewarded PLO
`The question now
is whether labor
will capitulate.
intransigence with higher-
level contacts."
• Baker's "no Greater
Israel" speech — an
"unhelpful harangue" — pro-
voked "a revolt" by Likud's
right-wing against Shamir.
"To remain in power," wrote
Safire, "the Prime Minister
was forced to swallow party
guidance that would deny .. .
[Israel's] withdrawal [from
the West Bank and Gaza that]
Mr. Baker would impose."
• Baker indicated that the
U.S. may back international
talks on the Middle East if
the Israeli election plan
fizzles. "This blustering," said
Safire, "was counterproduc-
tive . . . Threatening Israelis
with a gang-up conference,
especially with its only ally
already pledged to strip it of
defensive depth, will stiffen
already stiff necks."