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KENNETH W. STEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
T
he Israeli-Palestinian nego-
tiating process requires
restructuring. Proactive
boldness is demanded. The
negotiating environment cannot
be much worse than it is.
Despite signed agreements
aimed at the contrary, Israeli civil-
ians are still being blown to bits.
Meanwhile, Arab land is being
confiscated. Either physically or
verbally, Palestinians and Israelis
clash daily.
Mutual antagonism prevails.
Yassir Arafat does not trust
Binyamin Netanyahu. Mr. Ne-
tanyahu believes Arafat keeps his
finger on the violence button. Pre-
vailing suspicion hampers the evo-
lution of natural acceptance.
Cynicism, rather than reliabil-
ity, accumulates. Unlikely just a
year ago, the Oslo Peace Process
is potentially reversible.
To slow the decline, four radi-
cal changes in substance and pro-
cedure should be introduced
simultaneously and immediately:
• Accelerate the pace of the ne-
gotiating process
• Implement accelerated solu-
tions that separate the populations
• Establish harsh penalties for
violations
• Initiate bold and expanded
American engagement
If one is seeking a workable set-
tlement, no reason exists not to ex-
pedite negotiations. It is essential
to deal now with the sensitive
and emotional issues, especially
Jerusalem, the final borders and
the settlements.
The framework of Palestinian
political expression, the use of wa-
ter aquifers under the West Bank,
refugee issues and Jordan's in-
volvement in the final political mix
must reach conclusions sooner
rather than later. Waiting to con-
clude final status talks until May
1999, as prescribed by the 1993
Oslo agreements, possesses no re-
deeming feature.
In these last phases of discus-
sions, the working axiom of
stretching out negotiations to cre-
ate trust between the sides has
failed miserably. Continued staged
implementation of interim agree-
ments will only enhance adver-
sarial passions.
A step-by-step process of Israeli
withdrawals from West Bank
territories will not change
Palestinian expectations for the
independent state they want to-
morrow. It will not alter Israeli
anxieties about the present and
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is professor
of Middle Easterh history and
political science at Emory
University.
future Palestinian Authority's abil-
ity to control all perpetrators of vi-
olence. Step-by-step negotiations
do not reduce anxiety about
Jerusalem's future or the future
of Israeli settlements.
Step-by-step negotiations have
not stopped either side from en-
gaging in hurtful unilateral acts.
Step-by-step procedures have not
prevented each side from hurling
verbal broadsides at the other.
They have not altered either a bi-
partisan Israeli policy to expand
or build new settlements, or im-
peded Palestinian encouragement
of violence and terror against Is-
raeli civilians.
A four-point plan on
how to reach peace.
Each interim agreement deli-
cately and arduously negotiated
by Washington has only added an-
other outburst of mutual mistrust
because either too much was con-
ceded or too little was received.
With such reality at hand,
stretching out the negotiations
simply aids obstructionists on ei-
ther side.
Accelerated political action is
required to resolve the thorniest
of issues. Reciprocally, Israel
should declare the establishment
and borders of a demilitarized
Palestinian state, and the Pales-
tine National Authority should de-
dare the acceptance of Jewish
settlements in the West Bank.
A contiguous Palestinian state
will come into being by Jan. 1,
1998. In conjunction with that de-
claration, Israel will declare that
the Palestinians will have (east)
Jerusalem as their administrative '—\
capital; the Palestinians, along
with Egypt and Jordan, will force-
fully engage members of the Arab
League and Islamic Conference
Organization to guarantee an un-
divided Jerusalem, including Is-
raeli control over all the Jewish
neighborhoods built there since
1967.
No changes in the present sta-
tus quo of any Jewish, Muslim, or r-'
Christian Holy sites will be per-
mitted. Ongoing negotiations over
water use, the number of repatri-
ated Palestinian refugees, and the
framework of the Jordanian-Is-
raeli-Palestinian relationship
should be completed by March 31,
1998.
Third, the political environment
that envelops the present negoti-
ating process is absurdly permis-
sive. Tough, if not draconian
sanctions must be applied to any
side that deviates from previous