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By comparison, when Presi- dent Clinton greets Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu at the White House, Israel's political clout vis- a-vis its neighbors and the Unit- ed States are far superior to those which confronted Menachem Begin. As compared to the Begin visit with President Carter, Wash- ington's understanding of Ne- tanyahu will be more realistic, even more understanding. Ironically, however, Mr. Ne- tanyahu's room for political ma- neuvering both within the Israeli political system and regionally are much narrower than were Mr. Begin's. Constraints of process and office will limit the new Is- raeli prime minister's options. Mr. Netanyahu's political char- acter will be severely tested. If he succeeds more than he does not, he could become a central fixture in Israeli politics for the better part of the next three decades. The cold-war in the Middle East is over; curbing internation- al terrorism unites Arabs, Israelis, and Americans alike. Washing- ton does more than just choreo- graph Arab-Israeli diplomacy or provide Israel with military as- sistance or foreign aid. It actively defends the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Arab states as well. Strategic211y, Egypt, Israel, Jor- dan, several north African Arab countries, and Arab Gulf states are gladly part of an informal re- gional security framework bol- stered by Washington. Regionally, the once monolith- ic Arab-Israeli conflict is now a se- ries of varied Arab-Israeli relationships. At the 1976 Riyadh Arab summit meeting, Arab lead- ers politely vilified Egypt for go- ing too quickly in signing separate military disengagement agree- ments with Israel. Last month in Cairo, Arab leaders demanded that Israel's new government up- hold existing diplomatic agree- ments with Arab states and the PLO. Just two weeks ago in Amman, Jordanian and PLO leaders ex- pressed an exaggerated concern is director of the Middle East Research Program at Emory University. Dr. Kenneth W. Stein to me that the new Israeli gov- ernment would not sustain its treaty obligations. One former Jordanian prime minister said, "Netanyahu's election is the end of the peace process as we know it. There will be no more peace in peace process." They did not eas- ily accept my reminder that the sky was not falling. Can one imag- ine having had heard such re- marks by Arab leaders two decades ago? Now, Washington treats Jerusalem with a special caress; Israel is not just another Mideast country in need of resolving neigh- borly disputes. Warmth and col- laboration, not tension and frostiness, characterize the U.S.- Israel relationship. State Department and White House hands that stir Middle Eastern diplomatic pots are not blamed for conjuring up unkosher negotiating recipes. Could Presi- dent Clinton have had a closer re- lationship with the Rabin-Peres tandem? With so.many changed reali- ties in Israel's favor, what will The U.S. knows Netanyahu could be a kingpin. motivate, but also limit policies of the new Israeli prime minister? For Mr. Netanyahu, the key is to implement choices which find space between sustaining the crit- ical relationship with Washing- ton while balancing political requirements to coalition col- leagues and to existing commit- ments made to Arab partners. When Mr. Begin's May 1977 election surprised the Carter ad- ministration, no direct Arab-Is- raeli negotiations either existed or were in progress. No Arab-Is- raeli treaties nor agreements had been ratified. No Palestinian part- ner was chosen and accepted by Israel. The Israeli economy was creeping, massive Soviet Jewish immigration seemed impossible; and Mr. Carter found greater ease with Egypt's Anwar Sadat than the newly-elected Likud leader. Mr. Begin was apprehensive about Mr. Carter, but he went looking for Mr. Sadat to make a deal. And he did. Mr. Netanyahu must work un- der pressures and tensions which eluded Mr. Begin. The latter ex- changed Sinai for a peace treaty