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Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel
has moved a step closer
toward direct talks with the
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization by saying it will con-
tinue to negotiate with three
members of the Palestinian
delegation to the peace talks
who have been appointed to
the PLO committee monitor-
ing the talks.
The three negotiators —
Faisal Husseini, Hanan
Ashrawi and Saeb Erekat —
were among seven Palestin-
ians who were named last
week to the PLO steering
committee for the peace
negotiations.
Although most members of
the Palestinian delegation to
the talks have now become
official PLO representatives,
the Israeli government
seemed unconcerned by the
move.
At the weekly Cabinet ses-
sion, most ministers argued
that the new appointments
have not caused a substan-
tial change in the status quo.
They stressed that the
PLO communique on the ap-
pointments did not
specifically state that the
Palestinian delegates had
joined official PLO organs
and that the move was de-
scribed merely as a step
toward improving the handl-
ing of the peace negotia-
tions.
Cabinet Secretary
Elyakim Rubinstein made
clear that there is no change
in Israel's attitude toward
the PLO and that the
government is standing by
its principle of negotiating
only with representatives of
the residents of the ad-
ministered territories.
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres also em-
phasized that Israel is
adhering to its original con-
ditions for participating in
the peace process, one of
which was no direct contacts
with the PLO.
The two, nonetheless, fail-
ed to rule out the possibility
of eventually negotiating
directly with the PLO.
Cabinet Ministers Yair
Tsaban and Yossi Sand of
the dovish Meretz bloc open-
ly applauded the PLO com-
munique.
"The latest development
in the PLO is desirable and
positive," said Mr. Sarid.
"PLO-Tunis cannot survive
without PLO- territories and
vice versa, and the tighter
Shimon Peres:
Stick to original conditions.
the connection between
them, the better it will be for
the peace negotiations."
Israel's apparent indif-
ference to the changes comes
in sharp contrast to the last
Israeli government's refusal
to meet with Palestinian
delegate Erekat in
December 1991 after he
declared that he was a mem-
ber of the PLO.
Only after Mr. Erekat
retracted his statement did
the Israeli government, then
headed by the more hard-
line Likud party, accept him
back at the negotiations
table.
Likud . politicians and
other members of the cur-
!sael is adhering
to its original
conditions for
participating in
the peace
process.
rent opposition are, mean-
while, furious over the latest
developments.
They are insisting that no
negotiations be held with
Palestinians who are official
members of the PLO and
they are calling for a special
Knesset debate on the sub-
ject during the legislature's
summer recess.
The mass-circulation daily
Yediot Achronot wrote in a
weekend editorial that most
of the Israeli public is now
aware of the fact that there
is no way out of direct
negotiations with the PLO.
However, the paper added,
the public would have pre-
ferred a government that
uses its readiness to talk
with the PLO "as a means of