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represented by non-PLO of-
ficials in a joint delegation
with Jordan.
Three concessions were be-
ing sought from Israel: That
it accept an essentially
ceremonial peace con-
ference; that it permit a
largely symbolic UN
presence, and that it
negotiate with still-
unspecified non-PLO
Palestinians.
The package which Mr.
Baker presented to
Jerusalem appeared to satis-
fy virtually all of Israel's
procedural demands, but Mr.
Baker left behind some of his
officials to continue
technical discussions with
their Israeli counterparts,
notably over the identity of
the Palestinian delegates.
Political observers were
not underestimating the
dilemma confronting Mr.
Shamir in responding to the
Baker proposals.
While Mr. Shamir is under
intense international
pressure to accept the
U.S.-negotiated terms for
peace talks, he was aware
that in doing so, he would
immediately open the door
to substantive demands for
concessions over the ter-
ritories, a step which he
adamantly opposes.
Moreover, there was con-
cern that acceptance of the
U.S. plan would lead to a
break-up of his carefully
stitched Likud coalition and
usher in a period of intense
domestic political turmoil at
a time when Israel is hoping
to secure its loan guarantee
from Washington.
At the same time,
however, Mr. Shamir was
aware that failure to give
the American plan a chance
would have the effect of seri-
ously eroding relations bet-
ween Washington and
Jerusalem — and that Israel
would have to pay a high
price for the decline.
In Israel, objections to
style have always served as
a shield against discussion
about substance; a means of
putting off the territorial
negotiations that will in-
evitably follow once the pro-
cedural obstacles have been
overcome and the parties
have taken their seats at the
negotiating table.
Most observers believe
that the moment of truth is
now painfully close and that
it can only be further
postponed at enormous cost
to the Jewish state, in both
diplomatic and economic
terms.
Mr. Shamir, 75, whose
style of government has
been marked by extreme
caution, has been painted
into a corner by the acuity of
Mr. Baker, who was quick to
spot the window of oppor-
tunity that was unlocked by
the collapse of Soviet in-
fluence in the region and
then pushed wide open by
forces unleashed during the
Gulf crisis.
The Israeli leader's ideol-
ogy, forged in the fire of the
Holocaust, was reinforced in
the fight for Jewish in-
dependence and honed by his
service as a senior executive
in Israel's Mossad intel-
ligence agency.
"Yitzhak Shamir does not
want to relinquish ter-
ritory," said a close aide this
week. "He does not want to
go down in history as the
man who gave away Judea
and Samaria (the West
Bank)."
But Mr. Shamir's place in
history already seems
assured: Whatever decision
he takes will contain great
risks and great oppor-
tunities. It is likely to shape
every aspect of Israeli life for
decades to come. ❑
NEWS Immw
Air Force Has
New Leader
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Brig.
Gen. Herzl Boidinger, a
former combat pilot with an
outstanding record and wide
air force experience, will be
the Israeli air force's new
commander, effective Jan. 1,
1992.
But the Defense Ministry's
announcement, like many
other recent changes in the
Israel Defense Force, was
greeted with rumblings of
discontent among senior of-
ficers, aimed mainly at the
IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen.
Ehud Barak.
In appointing Brig. Gen.
Boidinger, who will be rais-
ed in rank to major general
when he takes over his new
command, Defense Minister
Moshe Arens acted on Lt.
Gen. Barak's recommenda-
tion.
Following the announce-
ment, about a half-dozen
letters of resignation were
received from other air force
brigadier generals who ap-
parently believed they were
better qualified than the ap-
pointee.
Brig. Gen. Boidinger will
replace Maj. Gen. Avihu
Bin-Nun, the air force com-
mander for the last four
years, who had planned to
retire earlier but was asked
by Lt. Gen. Barak to stay on
until the end of the year.