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`Jihad For Peace'
Says Yassir Arafat

Arafat shakes hands with Peres after talks in Romania.

Jerusalem (JTA) — Claiming
that he was the victim of a lin-
guistic snafu, Palestine Libera-
tion Organization Chairman
Yassir Arafat said that a call he
had previously made for a "jihad"
to regain Jerusalem had been
misinterpreted.
Mr. Arafat's comments came
on the same day that the Israel
Defense Force evacuated its last
installation in the Gaza Strip,
bringing to an end 27 years of Is-
raeli administration of the region.
Speaking in Oslo, Mr. Arafat
said that he had indeed called for
a jihad during a speech at a
South Africa mosque a week ear-
lier. But he said he intended the
word to mean a peaceful crusade
rather than a holy war, as the
Arabic expression is generally in-
terpreted in English.
"I'll continue my jihad for
peace," he told a news conference
in Oslo.
Mr. Arafat asserted that he
was committed to the declaration
of principles signed last fall with
Israel and that he was opposed
to violence and terror.

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Mr. Arafat had made the
speech while in South Africa to
attend the inauguration of Pres-
ident Nelson Mandela. A tape
recording of the speech was
played on Israel Radio, prompt-
ing a furor.
"Jihad will continue and
Jerusalem is not for the Pales-
tinian people. It is for all the Mus-
lim people," Mr. Arafat said in the
speech. "Our main battle is
Jerusalem."
Both Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and Foreign Minister Shi-
mon Peres stated that the re-
mark could throw the entire
peace process with the Palestini-
ans into question.
Appearing at a joint news con-
ference with Mr. Arafat, Mr.
Peres stated that he was satis-
fied with Mr. Arafat's explana-
tion.
The two men had travelled to
Oslo to attend an award ceremo-
ny honoring the role Norway
played in the back-door diplo-
macy that led to the signing of the
declaration of principles.

Israel-PLO Panel
Investigate Desecration

Jerusalem (JTA) — A joint Is-
raeli-Palestinian commission will
investigate allegations made by
settlers and yeshiva students
that Palestinian police desecrat-
ed the ancient synagogue in the
West Bank town of Jericho.
National Religious Party Knes-
set member Hanan Porat said he
would sleep in the synagogue to
prevent "further desecrations."
Mr. Poraes vow came after set-
tlers and students said that

Palestinian police had ripped
away a mezuzah from a door at
the synagogue and tore the or-
namental curtain covering the
Holy Ark.
The Palestinian police in turn
claimed that six armed students
came to the synagogue and at-
tempted to fly an Israeli flag from
the roof.
They said that the students
had ignored a police request to
put aside their weapons.

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