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legitimacy problem but of
improving the quality of life
in the territories by forcing
Israel to lift some of its more
oppressive political restric-
tions, especially press cen-
sorship and the ban on all
political activities.
The Palestinians are also
aiming to achieve two other
conditions of prime
psychological as well as
purely political value: the
withdrawal of Israeli troops
from Arab- populated areas
during the vote and the con-
duct of the elections under
the supervision of a special
U.N. representative.
Elections would be a major
achievement but not a
panacea. Their outcome, in
fact, could be rather ironic.
In balloting held over the
past two years for some 40
institutions in the territories
— chambers of commerce,
professional unions,
workers' committees and the
like — the fundamentalist
lists have gained an im-
pressive chunk of the vote,
sometimes as high as 50 per-
cent. llamas could throw a
wrench into the entire pro-
cess by running — to say
nothing of winning — on an
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anti-autonomy platform.
The chances of that actu-
ally happening depend on
the degree to which the
negotiators can rehabilitate
their standing with the
public. For after 25 years of
occupation and repeatedly
dashed hopes, more and
more Palestinians sound
tired, jaded, and skeptical
about the prospect of change.
Again and again, people on
the street express the same
cautious sentiment: "Things
look a bit better now, but
let's see what happens in
Rome."
One key element is to es-
tablish realistic expecta-
tions, for too often the Pales-
tinians have done them-
selves a disservice by allow-
ing their reach to exceed
their grasp.
"We aren't waiting for
Rabin," delegation member
Mamdouh al- Aker com-
mented just last week,
"we're waiting for an Israeli
de Gaulle, an Israeli de
Klerk who will understand
that the time has come to
part ways."
If that's really the case,
they're likely to be waiting
for some time to come. ❑
I NEWS I
Kach Activists
Disrupt Meeting
Jerusalem (JTA) — A news
conference with members of
the Palestinian delegation to
the Middle East peace talks
burst into chaos this week
when an activist of the mili-
tant Kach movement tried to
use his Uzi submachine gun
to disrupt the event.
The Palestinians convened
the news conference at the
Hakawati theater in east
Jerusalem to brief the media
on their three-hour meeting
with U.S. Secretary of State
James Baker. During the
session, a group of five Kach
activists entered the theater
compound, carrying anti-
Palestinian posters.
The Palestinians and the
Kach activists were on the
verge of fistfights when
Kach activist Tiran Polak
pulled out his gun. Accor-
ding to one report, Mr. Polak
even tried to shoot, but the
gun failed to fire.
A police force summoned
to the scene arrested the five
activists, followers of the
late Rabbi Meir Kahane,
who founded the anti-Arab
Kach movement.
Hanan Ashrawi, spokes-
woman for the Palestinian
delegation, said at the news
conference that Mr. Baker
spoke of how impressed he
was with Israel's present
readiness to limit the set-
tlements in the territories.
She, too, admitted that
there is a change in the tone
corning out of Jerusalem.
But, she added, Palestinians
still want to know what ex-
actly Israel means when it
refers to curtailing set-
The Palestinians
and the Kach
activists were on
the verge of
fistfights.
tlement activity in the ter-
ritories.
Ms. Ashrawi said the Pa-
lestinians are not deman-
ding a total settlement
freeze before resuming the
peace talks, although they
continue to reject the
distinction drawn by Prime ,•= 1
Minister Yitzhak Rabin
between "political" and
"security" settlements.
The Palestinians did not —
go into the details of the
meeting with Mr. Baker, but
said in general terms that
they discussed the ways and
means to speed up the peace
process.