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Reviving Peace
Washington is brewing with plans
to keep giving peace a chance.
and intrigue
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
e Middle East foreign min-
isters' meeting in Wash-
ington, which was an effort
by the Clinton administra-
tion to break the deadlock in the
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations,
highlighted the obstacles still re-
maining on the path to peace.
But the meeting between the
foreign ministers of Israel, Egypt
and Jordan and a top official of
the Palestine National Authori-
ty also produced subtle, but im-
portant changes in the
relationship between the Israelis
and Palestinians. This included
the first statement that directly
linked further progress in im-
plementing Palestinian auton-
omy to Yassir Arafat's ability to
reign in Islamic terrorists.
An Israeli source said the
meetings represented a small,
but important, step.
"The most important aspect
is that Nabil Sha'ath [the chief
PLO negotiator] came away with
a much clearer understanding
that the peace process cannot go
forward until there is a change
on the ground," the source said.
"There were no break-
throughs," he said. "But the
meeting produced a new reality
for the Palestinian side."
The Palestinian leadership,
he added, now "knows exactly
what steps they need to take to
get the process working again.
It's not enough for them to sim-
ply talk about terrorism."
In private meetings with Mid-
dle East activists, Mr. Sha'ath
indicated that his fledgling gov-
ernment intends to act on Sun-
day's warnings. He also repeated
criticisms of Israel's continuing
ban on Palestinians entering the
country.
President Clinton, who or-
chestrated the meeting, insisted
that the United States is ready
to intensify its efforts to bring
about a Mideast peace.
"The United States is still
committed to this, more strong-
ly than ever," he told the as-
sembled leaders. "We are ready
to do our part economically. We
are certainly ready to do our part
in fighting terror."
Peace process supporters were
buoyed by the new emphasis on
the fight against terrorism. As
Gail Pressberg, Washington di-
rector of Americans for Peace
Now, said, "One outcome is that
the administration made it clear-
er than ever that terrorism is an
international problem, not just
a problem for Israel. The ques-
tion now is how Washington fol-
lows up."
Secretary of State Warren
Christopher also sent a strong
signal that Egypt's strident com-
plaints about Israel's failure to
sign the Nuclear Nonprolifera-
tion Treaty are being viewed as
- a deliberate attempt to compli-
cate the peace process.
That issue provoked some of
the harshest debate during the
seven-hour meeting. Israeli offi-
cials were pleased that the treaty
— a diplomatic hot potato — was
kept out of the final joint com-
munique.
One of the most important
outcomes of one session was the
administration's decision to ex-
tend the U.S.-Israel Free Trade
Agreement to include proposed
"industrial parks" in Gaza and
the West Bank.
Meeting with Clinton
produced "a new
reality" for
Palestinians.
If they are approved by Con-
gress, the "parks" will boost the
Palestinian economy by allowing
manufacturers in the newly au-
tonomous areas to export products
to the United States duty-free, like
their Israeli counterparts.
"That was a significant devel-
opment because these areas
desperately need economic devel-
opment if we are going to keep the
peace process from going down the
drain," said Robert 0. Freedman,
vice president for academic affairs
at Baltimore Hebrew University
and an expert in Middle East af-
fairs. "It's also important because
it will make Israel less reliant on
Palestinian labor."
_ Egyptian Foreign Minister
Amr Moussa remained in Wash-
ington after the parley for a
round of meetings on Capitol
Hill. And while the American of-
ficials warned once again about
Egypt's stance on the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty issue,
foreign aid was uppermost on
Mr. Moussa's mind.
Because of the controversy
over the nonproliferation treaty
and Egypt's recent efforts to slow
down normalization between
Arab countries and Israel, pro-
Israel activists in Washington
have sent out unmistakable sig-
nals that American aid to Cairo
could be in serious trouble.
They can say that because pro-
Israel organizations are tradi-
tionally the only groups lobbying