tinians everything they
wanted.
The first fruits of this
were realized this week
when an agreement was
signed with Jordan and
word came that Morocco
would be the first Arab
nation aside from Egypt to
establish relations with
Israel.
But the terror goes on.
On the day that the docu-
ment with the PLO was
signed on the same walnut
table that was used for the
signing of the Camp David
agreement, four Israelis
were buried. They were
killed by members of
Hamas, fundamentalist
Muslims who reject any

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A DAY OF PEACE

quent flyer himself, also
manner of coexistence with
addressed continued Pales-
Israel, and who the PLO
tinian terror-
will now have to
ism. Unlike Mr.
control if it is to
Dan, he did it
gain Israel's
in his usual
trust for more
It was a day
measured —
concessions.
and emotionally
"Expect more
requir ing the
distanced —
terrorism," Uri
tones.
Dan, an Israeli
suspen sion of
one
"No
journalist, said
should get rat-
excitedly. "This skepticism and more
tled about the
declaration is an
short term," he
historic mistake
than a dollop
told reporters
that will lead to
milling around
terrorism of
of f aith.
the South Lawn
unprecedented
after the cere-
proportions."
mony ended.
Former
"The middle
of
Secretary
and long term is what's
State Henry Kissinger, a
important."
one-time Middle East fre-

it had to be done.
Yes, but that
President
And it could go
Clinton watches
doesn't make it any
as the two
right, very right.
easier to deal with
leaders shake
We'll have to see."
blood spilled today —
hands.
In a sense, it's
or the fear that a his-
as if Prime Min-
toric gamble for
ister Rabin choose to lay
peace could go horribly
down on barbed wire so that
awry.
the next generation might
Still, for the week of Rosh
pass safely across. ❑
Hashanah, with its theme of
repentance and
teshuvah
setting right those things
that have been off-kilter —
Prime Minister Rabin's
choice of ploughshares over
swords resonated.
"It was an opportunity
that had to be seized," said
Rabbi Marvin Heir, director
of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center in Los Angeles. "It
could go horribly wrong. But

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