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with his otherwise con-
' ciliatory remarks, appeared
an attempt to clarify — and
,. perhaps toughen — his posi-
tion on the Golan Heights.
The prime minister's
statement last week that
Israel "does not need to hold
on to every inch of the
Golan" caused a stir both
here and abroad.
Even those Israelis who
favor territorial compromise
in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip seemed surprised by
Mr. Rabin's apparent will-
ingness to make concessions
in the Golan, an area that
has been considered vital to
Israel's security.
But Mr. Rabin reiterated
his commitment to con-
tinuous negotiations in
Washington with the
various Arab parties. "We
are ready for serious
negotiations with the Pales-
tinians, and this can only be
achieved in a continuous
framework," he said.
Though the government
had and would continue to
make concessions toward
peace, Mr. Rabin said, "we
are talking about an interim
agreement, not the creation
of an independent Palestin-

ian state.
"Jerusalem will remain
our capital, under our
sovereignty," he vowed.
While calling Palestinian
terrorism "a painful prob-
lem that must be dealt
with," Mr. Rabin
distinguished between acts
of terror and acts of war.
"Terrorism takes the lives of
Israelis every week, but it
cannot threaten the very ex-
istence of Israel."
The prime minister said
the Persian Gulf War had
given the country some
much-needed breathing
space, militarily speaking.
"Thanks to the Gulf War,
which knocked out much of
Iraq's military strength, and
the further destruction of
weapons by the U.N., the
very existence of Israel is no
longer threatened, at least
for the next few years," he
said.
"As a result, we have a
window of opportunity of
perhaps two to five years in
which to solve our internal
problems and seek out peace.
There is no imminent
military threat that can en-
danger Israel right now," he
said.

False Air Raid Sirens
Sound In Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israelis,
already jittery at the pro-
spect of renewed hostilities
with Iraq, got a jolt when
air raid sirens sounded
over Tel Aviv and Ramat
Gan, areas that were
hardest hit by Iraqi Scuds
during the Persian Gulf
War.
Worried citizens initially
assumed the worst but Israel
Radio soon assured them
that the incident was a
"technical mishap."
But the episode took place
against the backdrop of an
announcement by Israel's
Home Front Command of
new civil defense procedures
to deal with possible missile
and gas attacks.
Announcing the amended
rules, Home Front Com-
mander Brig. Gen. Yishai
Dotan said they bore no rela-
tion to the heightened ten-
sion in Iraq. He reiterated
the government's assess-
ment that there was little
chance of an Iraqi attack on
Israel and said the new in-
structions were "advisory"
and were not meant to be
implemented at present.
o "The feeling regarding the
possibility of a new missile
attack on Israel is that it is
highly unlikely," he said.
"This is the kind of infor-

mation that might come in
handy to the public in the
future, and not necessarily
because of any recent devel-
opments," he added."At the
moment the public is not re-
quired to take any special
measures."
The new procedures in-
crease from six to 10 the
number of warning zones es-
tablished at the start of the
Gulf War.
The increased number will
enable the Israel Defense
Force to issue and cancel
warnings of conventional or
non-conventional attacks to
smaller areas, forcing fewer
citizens into shelters and gas
masks.
Unlike during the Gulf
War, from now on the public
will not be required to don
gas masks at the sound of an
initial siren but need only
take them into a sealed room
and await a second siren.
The public was urged not
to rush out now to buy mask-
ing tape or plastic sheeting
to prepare sealed rooms.
Gas masks and protective
clothing issued last year and
held in store by the public
are still suitable, and older
equipment nearing the end
of their useful life will be
replaced gradually over the
coming months.

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