‘PW40 ,0) WV‘P‘O‘OW ■ PWAP40 44.q.q.q.‘,Wq.q.,00.4. •4 I I We Specialize in rju 4: HARD TO FIT HARD TO FIND Rescuing Peace Is there a way out of the Israel-Palestine deadlock, short of entirely scrapping the peace process? For Your Valentine! INA FRIEDMAN ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT Mastectomy I Full Figured/ I Fuller Breasted MINIM Bring this coupon m and receive , 4 i 4 14 50°/0 Off I Up to size 32 selected Swimwear. While selection lasts -II IP ID 4 4 A Specialty Shoppe Catering to Women's Intimate Fashion Needs (810) 680-1600 ■•■•■•■•■•■•■■•■ ••vq•• ■ ••vvvvvv_ ■•■•■•■ •••••‘••• 3646 Rochester Rd., Troy (In the Century Plaza between Big Beaver and Wattles) Furs bpi Writhe! & Kozin s the shock, rage, and na- tional grief over the mas- sacre at Beit Lid begin to subside, Israelis and Palestinians have begun asking two blunt, critical questions: How did we get into this mess, and how can we get out of it? Or, phrased slightly more thoughtfully: How is it that after the soaring hopes raised by the Oslo breakthrough, matters have reached such a nadir of anger, bit- terness and stalemate? And how — assuming the key issues and players will remain the same for the foreseeable future — can the impasse be broken and the Is- raeli-Palestinian peace process be set back on track? The experts have a clearer sense of what went wrong than how to correct it. And they virtu- ally bristle at the notion of a quick fix that will relieve the painful symptoms plaguing both sides. into a pragmatic one with whom you can conduct rational discus- sion," continued Mr. Benvenisti. "It created a 'marketplace of dis- cord' where the enemies could conduct their bargaining. But what it emphatically did not do was decide the question of what to accomplish in that market- place: Resolve the violent conflict or continue it by other means." Each side, Palestinian and Is- raeli, has approached that ques- tion differently, because each has its own reading of what peace en- tails. Israel equates it with secu- rity, including the safety of individual citizens. Palestinians see it as an acceptance of their desire for independence, political equality and national respect. Indeed, said Mr. Benvenisti, the Declaration of Principles "ad- dressed the inter-communal con- flict between the Israelis and Palestinians as though it were Final Season Fur Sale! Each and Every Fur 60k0 Bonus . 1 1 Shearlings Sale O ne % I 1 T e k Only! An Israeli soldier pushes back Palestinian demonstrators. Each and Evo Leather and Fur Lined Coat Where quality, fashion, service and prices are unbeatable... 613 %Off Wrubel & Kozin -/ Birmingham • 642-3775 Next time you feed your face, think about your head. Go easy on your heart and start cutting back on foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. The change'II do you good. American Head Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Furs L-ibcled to show origin But in looking back at the past 17 months, they generally agree that the problem began with mis- placed expectations and with a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Oslo agreement was really about. Perhaps the most widespread illusion created by the "historic handshake" was that peace had broken out on that September day on the White House lawn. "Yet what was forged in Oslo was not peace," said Israeli con- flict-resolution expert Meron Ben- venisti, "but a general agreement [the Declaration of Principles] to enter into a process." The really important feature attached to the agreement, al- most incidentally, was the mu- tual recognition by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organiza- tion. "Recognition transformed the other side from a demonic enemy AP/EYAL WARSHAVSKY one between two sovereign states," but it didn't take this con- ception to its natural conclusion. Mr. Benvenisti said: "Instead of establishing the principle of ulti- mate division, it outlined only an `interim agreement' without an agreed-upon end." That the accord did not legit- imize Palestinian aspirations made the next stage of the process all the more complex. "By fa iling to determine what the end of the process would be, the DoP divided Palestinian so- ciety," explained Ziad Abu-Amr, a political scientist at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. "The opponents of the agreement — the fundamentalists and left- ist factions in the PLO — held that if the balance for forces was weighted so heavily against the Palestinians at the start of the process, it couldn't be expected to change in the final settlement."