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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989
ecurity measures
aimed at protecting
Israelis from the
violence of the Palestinian
uprising have not been en-
tirely effective.
Moreover, regardless of
government policy, the mea-
sures seem to be leading to
the eventual emergence of
the administered territories
as self-sufficient entities,
economically and politically
divorced from Israel.
Some analysts and
observers believe that such a
development is inevitable as
restrictions are tightened to
control the presence of
Palestinians from the West
Bank and Gaza Strip in
Israel.
Two measures instituted
recently illustrate this
phenomenon. One is strict
application of the rule that
Palestinian day laborers
may not spend the night in
Israel. It has been in effect
since Israel captured the ter-
ritories in 1967, but until re-
cently was only loosely en-
forced.
The other measure is the
issuing of magnetized iden-
tity cards to Arabs in the
territories who commute
daily to jobs in Israel. The
cards allow the authorities,
equipped with computers, to
screen out Arabs with
security or criminal records.
The procedure was applied
initially to the Gaza Strip,
where about 60,000 Palesti-
nians hold jobs in Israel.
Police Minister Haim Bar-
Lev announced last week
that the cards will soon be
issued to the much larger
Palestinian population in
the West Bank.
' The system was set up in
response to a public outcry
over the rising incidence of
murders and attacks on
Jews in the streets of Israeli
cities, which, in any case, is
still relatively small.
But the number of ter-
rorist and criminal acts ac-
tually has increased since
the new ID cards were in-
troduced.
The suspected mass
murderer of seven Arabs and
Jews in Tel Aviv and Jaffa
last month was a Arab from
the Gaza Strip with a long
criminal record.
Another Gazan Arab
employed on a construction
job in Tel Aviv has confessed
to murdering a Jewish
fellow worker for nation-
alistic motives.
Both had official permits
to live in Israel.
The authorities are talk-
ing now of setting up a new
police task force to make
sure no Palestinian from the
territories spends the night
in Israel.
It will not be easy to carry
out and may not be entirely
effective. The fact is, most
Palestinian acts of violence
in Israel have occurred in
the daytime.
As access to Israel is made
more difficult for residents of
the territories, they will pre-
fer to stay at home an,d earn
their livings locally. That
will mean a sharp drop in
living standards, which have
declined by 30 to 40 percent
since the start of the intifada
two years ago.
It will also mean growing
independence from Jewish
employers. The strength of
the indigenous economy in
the territories is hard to
calculate, as is the degree of
self- sufficiency it can
achieve. But the trend away
from Israel toward a self-
supporting economic system
is already evident.
Considering the high rate
of unemployment in Israel —
about 10 percent — the trend
may prove beneficial to the
Israeli economy.
The uncertainty lies in its
possible political conse-
quences. The territories may
well crystalize into separate
entities without diplomatic
intervention and regardless
of the intent of Israeli
policy.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Israelis, PLO
Meet At Conclave
Geneva (JTA) — Five
Israelis, including one
Knesset member, were on a
panel with officials of the
Palestine Liberation
Organization, among others,
at a meeting of the Socialist
International's Council.
The Israelis attending
were Knesset Member Nava
Arad of the Labor Party and
fellow Laborites Israel Gat
and Abraham Hatzamri.
The socialist Mapam Party
was represented by Arie
Jaffe and Arieh Shapir.
No anti .Israel resolutions
were raised.