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erusalem — Israel's
two best known Yit-
zhaks — Shamir and
Rabin — no longer appear to
be on the verge of a rift over
Egyptian proposals to
reignite the peace process.
That's because they are both
pragmatists.
Defense Minister Rabin of
Labor and Prime Minister
Shamir of Likud, after a
weekend of verbal sparring,
are at work on a com-
promise.
The probable scenario is
for a series of American-
brokered talks in Cairo bet-
ween Israel and the Egyp-
tians to determine the make-
up of a Palestinian delega-
tion to negotiate details of
Israel's peace initiative, in
itself a victory for Rabin's
approach.
Indeed, there are indica-
tions that the former prime
minister whose political life
seemed over more than a
decade ago when he stepped
down, is now the key figure
in the Jerusalem govern-
ment.
Shamir's people realize
that their stand, rejecting
any Palestinian negotiating
partners who have been ex-
pelled from Israel as
Palestine Liberation
Organization agents, simply
does not wash, not just in
America, but among a
narrow majority of Israelis,
as well.
This was driven home this
week by the groundswell of
popular support for a sug-
gestion by the Shas religious
party (Israel's third largest
party with six Knesset seats)
for a referendum on
Mubarak's nonbinding 10-
point proposal. But the ref-
erendum idea was torpedoed
by the Likud..
There are sound reasons
for the Likud's position of
refusing to talk with the
PLO or those too closely
identified with it; but it is
getting increasingly hard to
"sell."
Israel has never held a ref-
erendum, but indications
this week are that it may
happen sometime in the
immediate future, probably
over an issue dealing with

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details of a settlement with
the Palestinians. New elec-
tions are problematical —
expen,sive and usually in-
determinate. A referendum,
on the other hand, is right
up Rabin's alley.
Rabin has never been in a
stronger position, even as
prime minister. He knows it.
According to an intimate
friend of the defense min-
ister's, Rabin, after a talk
with his inner circle this

Yitzhak Rabin: Straddling both.

week, stretched out his
arms, put his feet on his
desk, and said, "at last we
have a presidential system
in Israel, and I'm the presi-
dent."
Israel really has a two-
man government. Although
the papers always refer to
the "Forum of Four"
—Shamir, Rabin, Finance
Minister Shimon Peres and
Foreign Minister Moshe
Arens — the latter two, both
of whom are in the United
States this week, are totally
overshadowed by the two
Yitzhsks. And it is Rabin,
former chief of staff and
prime minister, who seems
to have taken charge,
pushing to advance the
government's Palestinian
election initiative which he
himself formulated.
Military intelligence and
the defense establishment
are behind him, and played
no small part (along with
Washington.) in promoting
the Mubarak initiative. A
source close to Rabin says
that he now believes there is
no alternative but to talk to
Yassir Arafat. Rabin is not
listening to those aides who
tell him that Arafat can't