I NEWS I 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. 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