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Bear in mind that during in- formal talks that ended in Wash- ington last spring, Israelis and Syrians agreed to establish mu- tual demilitarization of territory, buffer zones, time phases for a Golan withdrawal, certain levels of diplomatic relations, creation of early warning systems as trip wires to reduce possible con- frontation, and some superviso- ry apparatus to monitor one another's actions. Don't look for any major breakthroughs anytime soon. Disagreements remain about the size of demilitarized areas, the working of the supervisory apparatus, placement of thinned out forces in and around the Golan Heights, (un)willingness of Damascus to clamp down on terrorist groups under its do- main, control of the Jordan Riv- er's sources, and the connection of a Syrian-Israeli agreement to ending the presence of both in Lebanon. The issues are as many as they are complex. But as in previous negotia- tions, the central remains: What will Israel obtain by returning ter- ritory? However, unlike previ- ously, the status quo will not lead to progress. For the near future, with Is- raelis almost evenly divided on exchanging the Golan for any agreement, without incentives for Syria to initiate full fledged negotiations, and with Syrian succession in question, look for more motion than movement on the Syrian-Israeli front. ❑ Greasy Palms Is there an Israeli leader not suspected of corruption? LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT el Aviv — To listen to the news from Israel these days, one would under- standably believe that the country is going through a gold- en age of corruption and crimi- nality. Prime Minister Binyamin Ne- tanyahu, his chief aide Avigdor Lieberman, Likud activist David Appel and Shas strongman Arye Deri have been questioned by po- lice in the Bar-On affair under warning that they are, at the very least, borderline suspects in the case. What do the last three bring to this new case? • Mr. Deri is on trial for ac- cepting bribes and is due to be tried for illegally transferring public funds to Shas synagogues and yeshivas. • Building contractor Mr. Ap- pel is-charged in court with cheat- ing poor immigrants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in government compensation. • Mr. Lieberman is being in- vestigated for falsifying docu- ments in an attempt to damage the reputation of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Meanwhile, Dror Hoter Isha'i, head of the Israel Bar Associa- tion, is named by Mr. Appel as the first person to recommend. Roni Bar-On as attorney gener- al in an allegedly duplicitous deal. Mr. Isha'i, however, is go- ing to trial on evasion of income taxes. Further, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, also questioned in the Bar-On scandal, is on trial for cooking the Likud's books in the party's 1988 election campaign. But that's just in the Bar-On Affair. Shas Knesset Member Rafael Pinchasi was slapped with charges of creative bookkeeping on his party's finances. Internal Security Minister Avigdor Ka- halani is under investigation by his own police force for involve- ment in the wiretapping of his opponent, Roni Milo, in the 1993 Tel Aviv mayoral race. Let's not even get into the host of charges of incitement made — and never prosecuted — in the wake of the 1995 Rabin assassi- nation. Add to that a host of former government bigwigs in trouble or just out of it and you have a pic- ture that makes allegations against the Clinton White House look like a kindergarten spat. Private-sector values vs. idealism. Is corruption spread so wide- ly through the Israeli system, or is it just an illusion? Political scientists, investiga- tive jotunalists and public watch- dogs agree that Israel government was never pure, but they insist it was never this bad. Prof. Yaron Ezrahi, a Hebrew University political scientist, says corruption is on the rise partly because Israeli politics are far PALMS page 126