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assumes the highest priority
possible.
The big "danger is that
with conflicting demands
and pressures, the ad-
ministration could support
the peace process but never
seize the initiative," said
Tom Smerling, Project
Nishma's executive director.
In this scenario, "the pro-
cess could stagnate and
eventually collapse," he
said. And when that
happens, "Israelis fear you
start a countdown to war."
Since the election, Mr.
Clinton and his team have
repeatedly pledged to ensure
the continuity of the peace
process. But the peace talks
have slowed to a crawl as the
parties wait to hear about
the players and strategies
the incoming administration
will put into place regarding
Middle East policy.
Mr. Bush gave a slight
boost to the talks this week
when he announced he
would meet with the delega-
tions before the current
round ends Dec. 17.
But the outgoing ad-
ministration has refused re-
cent requests from the Pa-
lestinian delegation to ag-
gressively prod Israel to
move beyond its current
proposals and spur the
fi
negotiations for an interim
self-governing authority in
IP the territories.
The Israelis have rejected
the kind of intervention re-
quested by the Palestinians
as a violation of the ground
rules of the talks. The
dispute signals the delicacy
of the U.S. assumption of a
more muscular mediating
role.
"The U.S. must never try
to impose solutions or
violate the principle of face-
to-face talks," said Mr.
Smerling.
But Project Nishma be-
lieves the U.S. function
should not be limited to the
offer of diplomatic good of-
fices, especially now that the
groundwork for the talks has
been laid and the parties are
at the table engaged in
substantive dialogue.
Both Israel and the Arabs
will want pressure from the
outside they can use as polit-
ical cover for the concessions
resisted by their own consti-
tuencies, said Mr. Mann.
He and Mr. Sanders said
Mr. Clinton could avoid the
problems that come with ac-
tivist mediation by putting
people trusted by the Jews in
policy roles in the White
House, by maintaining
warm relations with Israeli
leaders and by consistent
reassurance of the U.S.

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commitment to Israel's
security.
Mr. Sanders said it is al-
ready clear that Mr. Clinton
is surrounded by people who
"have in their guts a concern
with Israel's security," so
"Jews should feel comfor-
table."
He and Mr. Mann also said
it is critical that the chief
U.S. mediator of the peace
process be someone with the
complete trust of the presi-
dent and the confidence of
the Arab and Israeli parties.
Historically, they said, the
best person for the portfolio
has been the secretary of
state or the national security
adviser.

Gaza Tension
Follows Ambush

Jerusalem (JTA) — Tension
remained high in the Gaza
Strip, following an ambush
by Palestinians that killed
three Israeli army reser-
vists.
Some 30,000 Palestinian
workers stayed home from
jobs in Israel as the 'army
imposed a curfew on the
half-million residents of the
strip and closed crossings
into Israel.
Army sources said the area
would be sealed off for at
least a few days as security
forces search for the ter-
rorists who fired at the
soldiers' jeep from a Peugeot
in a pre-dawn attack near
the city of Gaza.
Hamas fundamentalists
have taken responsibility for
the assault, which coincided
with the fifth anniversary of
the Palestinian uprising.
Leaflets calling for a general
strike in commemoration of
the intifada were distributed
at the Jabalya refugee camp,
Israel Radio reported.
Meanwhile, a former
Likud defense minister has
called for a unilateral Israeli
withdrawal from the Gaza
Strip.
"I've said it before; I think
we should withdraw,"
Moshe Arens told army
radio. He said the gains from
staying in the strip are not
worth the resources invested
in it.
But Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres disagreed,
saying it is preferable to
make a concerted effort to
reach an accord with the Pa-
lestinians on the strip.
"A withdrawal now would
create mayhem, a Leb-
anonization of the strip, for
which we would have to pay
the price," Mr. Peres told the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee.-

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