The real issue for the
Israelis was not dates, he
said. "That's a trivial issue.
What's not trivial is the idea
of a direct channel between
us and the Arabs, where
there is give and take, and
not something imposed from
above."
That was an argument
• that resonated well within
the Bush administration.
"There were people in the
administration who felt that
this was just another Shamir
ploy designed to keep
anything from happening,"
said one administration
source. "But there was also a
recognition of what the
Israeli government was say-
ing.
"If they had just been
fighting about venue, there
would have been a sharp
reaction. But I think that on
a certain level, there was a
recognition that Israel was
making a valid point — even
if the form that point took
made people here very un-
comfortable."
But an even more impor-
tant reason for the muted
administration response —
which was interpreted by
the Israelis as an important
victory —was Secretary of
State Baker's overarching
desire to keep the precarious
process from stalling.
In private conversations
with administration officials
and through Mr.
Netanyahu's public pro-
nouncements, the Israelis
made it clear that they had
deliberately chosen a format
for their protest that would
not put the entire peace pro-
cess at serious risk.
"The administration
understood this," Mr.
Hordes said. "You had Arab
parties who had their own
reasons for being here, who
were not going to walk out.
So Israel, with a reasonable
calculus and a bit of good
luck, adopted a policy that
turned out to be successful."
Israel backe'd up that mes-
sage with deliberate indica-
tions that once their point
was made, they would be
ready for negotiations on
substantive issues, not just
more procedural wrangling.
And — to the Israelis, the
most important signal —
administration officials
pointedly told the Arab
delegations to talk directly
to the Israelis about the vex-
ing prOcedural issues that
were threatening the peace
talks.
American officials fretted
that any "humiliation" of the
sensitive Palestinian delega-
tion could add a dangerous
new obstacle to the negotia-
tions. ❑
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