Palestinian people."
The two sides also agreed
to open a Hamas "embassy"-
in Teheran and a liaison of-
fice in South Lebanon, which
will be used by Iranian Revo-
lutionary Guards to coordi-
nate activities between the
Lebanese Shi'ites and the
Palestinian Sunnis.
The economic and political
bonanza that flowed from the
Teheran meetings reinvigo-
rated Hamas and is regarded
as the prelude to a massive
escalation in violent actions
against Israeli targets, which
led to the December expulsion
of 415 Hamas activists.
It also is regarded as the
initial step in a calculated
Iranian plan to begin the
process of transferring power
from Hezbollah to llamas.
llamas, whose power base is
in the teeming refugee camps
of the Gaza Strip, is regarded
as the principal beneficiary of
the intifada, having picked up
the support of an estimated
40 percent of the Palestinians
in the occupied territories.
According to the source, the
Iranians may have concluded
that with relative peace in
Lebanon, Hezbollah is a spent
force and the action has shift-
ed decisively to Israeli the-
ater.
In such circumstances,
Hamas rather the Hezbollah
is now perceived to be at the
sharp end of the conflict and
the moment has arrived for
Hamas to succeed Hezbollah
as the standard bearer of
Iran's uncompromising Is-
lamic message in the '90s.
Despite internal rifts that
are draining Hezbollah's
strength, the source believes
Iran will continue supporting
a diminished Hezbollah in or-
der to maintain its interests
in Lebanon and as a means of
providing logistical support to
Hamas.
He warns that the Leba-
nese fundamentalists still
possesses considerable de-
structive power and that
Hezbollah may attempt spec-
tacular attacks against Israel
— particularly around the
April 20 date of the resumed
peace talks — in a last-gasp
bid to deflect attention away
from its internal divisions. ❑

Peres Signs
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Israel have established a
joint industrial research and
development program,
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year investment of $6 mill-
ion to be divided equally
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