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United States government to
resume talks with the PLO."
The 120-member Knesset
voted 39-20 on Tuesday to lift
a seven-year-old ban on con-
tact with terrorist groups,
which included the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin, who expressed oppo-
sition to such a move, was ab-
sent during the vote.
"My first thought when I
heard the news was, 'That's
great,' " said Mr. David, for-
mer producer of the Detroit-
based "Arabesques: Insights
Into Arab Culture," which
aired nationwide on National
Public Radio. "The move was
long overdue."
Mr. Leikin, however, was
less thanpleased. "I'm not ex-
cited about it," he said. "The
PLO is still a terrorist orga-
nization. Besides, the vote
will not bring peace. The de-
cisive role in any peace talks
belongs to Syria, not the
Palestinians."
Mr. Aronson, professor of <
humanities at Wayne State
University, says the Knesset
vote comes at a critical peri-
od as frustrated Palestinians
move to embrace religious
fundamentalism, exemplified
by such groups as Hamas
and Islamic Jihad.
"The longer time goes on
(without a settlement), the \,
stronger the fundamentalists
seem to grow," he said. This
is especially true in Gaza,
where radical groups like
Hamas have gained a
stronghold.
"Whatever the PLO origi-
nally had to say about Israel,
I think Israel now sees the
need for an organized politi-
cal force as a counterweight
to the Islamic fundamental-
ists," Mr. Aronson said. "The '=\,
PLO is that force."
"There has been a greater
move to (Palestinian) funda-
mentalism," added Mr.
David, a third generation
Arab-American. "When peo-
ple have no other alternative,
they go to Allah.
"I think Israel has come to
the conclusion that, 'At least
the PLO is more moderate
(than fundamentalists). We
can talk to them.' "
If a settlement is not
reached soon, however, the
PLO's standing as "sole rep-
resentative of the Palestinian
people" is likely to diminish,
the two men fear.
"The PLO lost a lot of clout
after the Gulf War" because