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U.S. Should Give PLO
A Deadline For Peace
ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
I
t has been one year since
the United States opened
a dialogue with the
Palestine
Liberation
Organization — and the
government of Israel has
repeatedly called for ending
the dialogue on the ground
that the PLO has neither end-
ed terrorism nor accepted
peace with Israel. The United
States, on the other hand,
while not indicating any
substantial progress in its
talks with the PLO, or respon-
ding to Israeli charges of con-
tinuing PLO terrorism, has
insisted that the dialogue go
on. -
The truth is that there has
been no serious effort by
Washington to set standards
for PLO behavior in order to
determine whether it has
changed. This despite the fact
that when George Shultz an-
nounced U.S. intentions to
open talks with the PLO last
December, he was careful to
say we would be watching
PLO behavior closely in the
months ahead.
The time has come to put
the PLO to the test. The op-
portunity exists because
there is a peace initiative on
the table — indeed, it has
been on the table since last
May when it was presented
by Israel. This Israeli in-
itiative, among other things,
called for elections in the ter-
ritories to begin the peace
process. For months there was
no response to the proposal by
the Palestinians. Then came
President Mubarak's
clarifications and Secretary
Baker's points, which shifted
attention from the Palesti-
nians to the Israelis.
But none of the present
complications would have
Foxman is national director
of the Anti-Defamation
League.
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arisen had the Palestinians
simply come forward to begin
the process by accepting the
proposed elections. It is one of
the disturbing elements of
the process that the Palesti-
nians have not said yes dur-
ing the past six months, ap-
parently waiting for a green
light from the PLO while the
PLO has sent out a reverse
signal — through teams of
assassins who murder
Palestinians accused of being
forthcoming to peace.
There is a way out of the
stalemate. The time has come
for the United States to tell
the PLO it must make up its
mind: accept Israel's peace
initiative by a specific date to
allow Palestinians in the ter-
ritories to participate in the
Israeli elections proposal, or
the U.S. will suspend the
dialogue.
This is not simply a ques-
tion of the United States
pressuring the PLO, but
rather a serious effort to
determine whether the PLO
is interested in peace and
change or merely in rehtoric.
For the PLO to accept the
American challenge and per-
mit the Palestinians to begin
the process of elections which
will lead to negotiations will
speak volumes about the PLO
and the value of the dialogue.
For them to say no, however,
will indicate that the
dialogue has become simply a
cover for PLO intransigence
and, in fact, a deterrent from
permitting any kind of
Palestinian peace leaderhip
to emerge.
Either way, we will be bet-
ter off after the ultimatum
date. If the PLO reaction is af-
firmative, hope for peace will
have been strengthened. If
the answer is negative, the
United States can shift its ef-
forts elewhere while forces
within the Palestinian world
will be able to look hard at
their real options for peace.
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