UNIVERSAL GENEVE 3ie AftP1 After Netanya Even Israel's dovish president wants to put the peace talks on hold. INA FRIEDMAN ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT T hree bombs went off in Is- rael last Sunday with de- cidedly different effects. Two were set off by a sui- cide bomber at a kiosk in Bet Lid, inland from Netanya, killing 18 Israeli soldiers and one civilian and wounding more than 60 oth- ers (eight critically). The third was a political bombshell, dropped in the media by Presi- dent Ezer Weizman. Mr. Weiz- man called for suspending peace talks with the Palestine Libera- tion Organization so that the Is- raeli government can reconsider its course of action. Mr. Weizman, a man famed for shooting from the hip, pledged . Calibre 66 Skeleton Watch. TiVo-pa ► t case r8 carat tjellal V gold, _featuring decorative knurled and beaded ► niddle, arid needed 1i/b ► ding Frutton. Sapphire glass and stitched Mack crocodile-skin strap. Exclusive Agent jewelry- and watch repair Ezer Weizman: A bombshell. 28411 Northwestern Hwy. • Suite 250 at Beck Rd. • Southfield 358-2211 • oe Stamell's Dynamic Muffler 8z- Brake 3aVH3210 4,0z, An , F 4 MILE RD ••• MIC xia * ;41 4.41 DYNAMIC CAR CARE CENTER I MR MUFTIS }kWr feee4c •:: I Bring In Your Coupons And Warranties — We'll Work With You! • Mufflers • Brakes • Shocks • Alignment • Maintenance Open Monday-Saturday Northwestern Hw . Farmin ton Hills • 851-3883 Next time you feed your face, think about your heart. GO Go easy on your heart and start cutting back on foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. The change'll do you good. tiP American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE • with this ad TUNE-UPS starting at $39.95 4 cyl. to control that particular trait upon ascending to the stately po- sition of president (a figurehead post that requires its incumbent to refrain from intervening in pol- itics and policy). As president, he has dropped a bomb or two, with minimal repercussions. This time may be different, precisely be- cause the attack came from a man of clearly dovish leanings. Mr. Weizman's bombshell highlighted the growing suspi- cion that the Palestinians are de- liberately combining negotiations and terrorism. It is true that at least since last May, when au- tonomy went into effect in Gaza and Jericho, it is not the PLO but the Islamic opposition that has carried out the attacks. Yet it is equally undeniable that Yasser Arafat is doing precious little to prevent terrorism, as required by the Gaza-Jericho Agreement. After Sunday's attack, Mr Arafat begged off condemning th terrorism publicly, lamely claim ing that his adviser, Dr. Ahme Tibi, already had done so. ReL, ing that evasion as yet anothe failure of leadership, Mr. Wei2 man reflected that if Mr. Arafa "has no influence on the Pales tinian [people], perhaps he's nc the right man to be talking to."1 Looking to Mr. Arafat for lead ership also assumes that th Palestinian security forces hav a better chance of quashing t ee rorism, at its source, than Isra\ has of thwarting it. And most perts now agree. One reason i the loss of Israel's leverage in the field. As former Gene al Security Service (Shabak) agent Shim Romach explained, the difficulties Shaba faces in maintaining it formers in the a(,' tonomous Palestinia areas has greatly 7 duced its ability to fo attacks in the plannin stage. The same is 1:q coming true in the We Bank, as informers - anticipating Israel withdrawal — brea ties with Israeli ageni there, too. Palestinian securni services face no such problem. All they rEi quire to crack terrori, cells, most Israeli e; perts believe, is a dire tive from Mr. Arafa Or, in the words Yediot Aharonot sect rity analyst Ron Berl, Yishai: "Those who are really a':\ to fight against suicide bombes are the Palestinians themselve Thus Israel's main effort shou be to 'help' the Palestinians d tide that terrorism contradic their interests." The question of how to do so whether by shoring up Mr. Are as Israel's only negotiating par ner or by pressing him to the w_,a — is complex. It does appear the chairman will go a long NAT.z to keep the peace process mo- ing. The irony is that he has bee resisting heavy pressure from h own people to call off the talks. has come not just from the I lamic and leftist opposition bt even from the mainstream FI tah, particularly over Israel's e pansion of West Ba r settlements. A recent poll takt by the Center for Palestinian R search and Studies shows th 52.1 percent of the Palestinian