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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1991
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U.S., Arabs Reported
Trying To Derail PLO
TOM TUGEND
Special to The Jewish News
T
he United States
and some of its Arab
partners in the Gulf
coalition are trying to
replace Yassir Arafat and
the PLO with new Palestin-
ian political leadership ac-
ceptable to Israel.
During his tour of Middle
East capitals, Secretary of
State James A. Baker III
laid the groundwork for such
a plan with Arab leaders, ac-
cording to the Los Angeles
Times.
Citing senior U.S. and
Arab officials, the Times
said that among ideas
discussed was substantial
Saudi Arabian financial aid
to Palestinian groups will-
ing to work outside the PLO
framework, and support by
Arab governments for
moderate candidates oppos-
ing Arafat.
A key aim of the effort is to
find Palestinian leaders ac-
ceptable as negotiating
partners to Israel, which has
long rejected the PLO as a
terrorist organization.
The United States has
sounded out a number of
prominent Palestinians so
far, without making much
headway, but U.S. officials
are hopeful that they will
become gradually more co-
operative.
Mr. Baker's entourage has
found receptive listeners
among the Saudi royal fami-
ly who, like leaders in
Kuwait and Egypt, are eager
to punish and remove Mr.
Arafat for backing Saddam
Hussein in the Gulf war.
"(The Saudis) know that
they and other Arab states
have a role to play in .. .
helping to promote Palestin-
ians from the territories who
can engage the Israelis," a
senior official told reporters
traveling on Mr. Baker's
plane. "There are quite diff-
erent ways of doing that.
There are political ways,
ways designed to sort of
create more of a sense of po-
litical support for Palestin-
ians who would be stepping
forward. There are financial
way's, especially given the
level of economic depriva-
tion and difficulty in the ter-
ritories now."
"We've talked to the
Saudis as well as others,"
the same source said. "Every
one of the Arab states that
Tom Tugend writes from Los
Angeles.
we've spoken to, we've talk-
ed to about this issue of how
you can help ensure that
there's going to be a Pales-
tinian track in future Arab-
Israeli negotiations."
An initial indication that
the plan has some credibility
came when three prominent
Palestinians from the Gaza
Strip traveled to Egypt and
Saudi Arabia early this
month, to obtain funding for
economic and public projects
in Gaza City. Since Saudi
Arabia has announced that
it will not route money
through the PLO, the visit
essentially set up the
mechanism for substantial
funds to flow into the city
without passing through the
PLO.
The Times said that Israel
is planning to grant a form
of unilateral autonomy to
Gaza eventually and wants
to shed much of its respon-
sibility for much of the Gaza
Strip. In letting the Saudis
pay the bill for economic de-
velopment and public works,
Israel itself would be reliev-
ed of the burden.
The Saudi drive to dislodge
the PLO, if it works, would
be the first real effort to
reverse the action of the
1974 Arab summit meeting
that declared the PLO as
"the sole legitimate repre-
sentative of the Palestinian
people." ❑
Spain To Host
Peace Talks
Jerusalem (JTA) —A large
delegation from the Israeli
peace camp will meet in
Spain with a similar-size
delegation of Palestinian ac-
tivists.
The three-day conference,
a far cry from either an
international or regional
conference, will begin in the
southern Spanish city of
Granada, under the auspices
of the Spanish peace move-
ment, which is associated
with Spain's governing So-
cialist Party.
The Israelis and Palestin-
ians who will meet seem to
share impatience, if not dis-
dain, for the formalistic
"shuttle diplomacy" which
Mr. Baker is currently con-
ducting in the region.
At the Granada gathering,
the Palestinians will be rep-
resented by the Palestine
Liberation Organization and
its supporters from the West
Bank, Gaza Strip and East
Jerusalem.