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ing in those parts of
Jerusalem annexed in 1967
(which Israel considers
sovereign territory but the
rest of the world still counts
as occupied land), there will
soon be close to a quarter of a
million Jews living over the
Green Line. By comparison,
there were just 10,000
Israelis evacuated from
Egyptian territory in 1982,
with great to-do, as part of
that peace agreement.
"These statistics,"
Ha'aretz columnist Danny
Rubinstein wrote last week,
"have apparently made the
struggle against the set-
tlements pointless. Labor
and the leftist parties have
already abandoned the fight,
and Baker may understand
what the Israeli opponents of
the settlements already con-
cede: that there's almost
nothing to be done about the
facts which have been estab-
lished over the course of
almost a generation and
have turned us into an ugly
and violent bi-national
society."
Judging by the shrug with
which most Israelis respond,
even now, to the painful
issue of the settlements, that
observation appears to be
ominously on the mark. ❑
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Shamir government to
reconsider its stand.
A few days earlier, Peace
Now announced its intention
to challenge the govern-
ment's settlement policy in
court by invoking a 1979 rul-
ing that the only acceptable
grounds for building such
settlements were security
reasons, whereas the
government's motives were
flagrantly political. Yet even
if that strategy works, the
question is whether it isn't
too little and — with over
100,000 Israelis already en-
trenched in the territories —
already too late.
"Any peace settlement
must obviously include a
solution for the settlers,"
says Peace Now spokesman
Eran Hayet, "either by
enabling them to remain in
place, outside the Jewish
state, or by providing for
border changes that will in-
corporate them into it."
The hard-core ideologues
who will insist on staying
put at all costs comprise only
10 percent of the settler
population, Mr. Hayet esti-
mates, "and the rest will
bow to democratic decisions
in favor of peace."
Not everyone is so
sanguine, however. Coun-
ting the 130,000 Israelis liv-
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London (JTA) — The For-
eign Affairs Committee of
the House of Commons has
urged the United States to
exert economic leverage on
Israel to advance Middle
East peace.
In a report published last
week, the all-party com-
mittee referred specifically
to Israel's upcoming request
for $10 billion in U.S. loan
guarantees to absorb immi-
grants.
It held Israel's settlement
policy primarily to blame for
the failure of peace efforts to
date.
It called on the British
government to make strong
representations to the
Israeli authorities about the
ill treatment of increasing
numbers of Palestinians.
The report, based on hear-
ings by the House of Corn-
mons committee and a tour
of the Middle East by its
members, cited Israel's re-
straint when under Scud
missile attack by Iraq in the
Persian Gulf War.
The report said the situa-
tion
in
the • Israeli-
administered territories is
deteriorating and the in-
stability is spilling over into
Israel.
It said that since the in-
tifada began in December
1987, 900 Palestinians have
been killed by Israeli securi-
ty forces and about 400 by
other Palestinians, plus
many thousands injured.
It said Israel basically sees
the conflict as a struggle for
survival against 21 Arab
states which, except for
Egypt, remain in a state of
war with it.
It is seen by the Arabs as a
struggle for statehood,
sovereignty and in-
dependence for the Palestin-
ian people, with regional ac-
ceptance of Israel to ensure
its security.
The parliamentary com-
mittee was pleased by the
European Community's
growing role in the peace
process. The report said the
panel is encouraged by the
Arabs, who sees the E.C.
more sympathetic to their
cause than the United
States.