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The impres- sion always given about King Hussein of Jordan is that he joins in efforts to undermine Israel's exis- tence. However, his frequent flirtations with claims to peace endorsements leave anticipations for eventual good will. We are provided a measure of hope in this Paris datelined story released by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Jordan's King Hussein has spoken out against the recent wave of armed violence by Palestinians against Israeli citizens in the administered ter- ritories. In an interview publish- ed (Jan. 27) in the French daily Le Figaro, Hussein said, "There may be a minority willing to torpedo all peace efforts, but we should not allow this minority to achieve its aim." The king pronounced himself in favor of democ- racy and human rights in the Arab states. "Democracy must exist. Human rights must be respected. I hope the Arab world, as a whole, will understand that it has to go in this direction, that these reforms are man- datory," the king is quoted as saying. He expressed hope that the Arab world would evolve like Europe has done in recent times, so "that the walls of fear, suspicion and doubt will fall down. "I know that saying this, I make myself rather un- popular," he admitted. "But I am sure I am echo- ing the feelings of the Arab people." Hussein deplored the use of religion as a polit- ical tool. "Islam is not the property of a small group. No one can pretend to. have a monopoly on the truth," he said. The media and "diplomats" who constantly utilize antagonisms which harm Israel will do well, as an aid to peace, to make use of the hopeful, such as pro- nounced by King Hussein, instead of the disparaging. There is another occur- rence that denies fear in dealing with the Arabs. It was found on several occa- sions in relation to the multilateral negotiations. Now there is more en- couragement in connection with the meetings in Moscow. There were cons- tant references to the at- tempts to undermine the peace gatherings by the refusal of Syria, the PLO, Yemen and Lebanon to at- tend. There was the responsive factor that included Arab If you compare where we are in January 1992 to every other January since the birth of Israel in 1948, you have to conclude that a miracle has happened. states with a desire to aid peace. The multilateral ses- sions in Moscow were at- tended by emmissaries from Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Turkey. It was only a matter of days ago that this would have been judged as an im- possibility. Its development into a reality makes a dra- matic occurrence in our time. It is by spreading its significance that those who are inclined in matters that lead toward irritating Israel can be instruments toward peace developments. Uninterrupted appeals for peace from Jewish com- munities were especially in evidence at the recent ses- sions of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee held in Washington. The Detroit leader of the movement, who recently retires from the AIPAC pres- idency, emphasized the peace priority aims in the movement's reaching out to Congress and the com- munities in his analyses. Ed Levy Jr. called attention to an encouraging statement by Geoffrey Kemp of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: If you compare where we are in January 1992 to every other January since the birth of Israel in 1948, you have to conclude that something of a miracle has happened. There must never be diminution of commitments to peace with Arab as well as Israeli cooperation. We must now function as witnesses of its approaching realization. Clarifying Abuses Is An Obligation While the big debate in matters relating to the Mid- dle East developments is over Israel's need for loans to assist in the exodus of Jews from the former Soviet Union, there is still the shocking distortion of reports about human rights abuses. In many areas such rights have become non-existent, but incidents of excessive in- justice are always searched for by those who would utilize them to treat them as crimes. A New Republic editorial notebook comment on the major issue involving human rights is so very basic. The facts enumerated could become, as they should, compulsions for the media to consider: The State Department last week released its an- nual survey of Country Reports on Human Rights practices. The depart- ment's Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, which produces the document, is a feisty body ... and rightly cited offenses committed by the government of Israel, a detail lovingly focused on by Peter Jennings ... Jennings also cited the report's finding that in 1991, Palestinian vig- ilantes killed more of their own by half in the ter- ritories than did the Israelis. More con- spicuous to other readers, however, was the hair- raising account of abuses