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two weeks ago, Arafat gave the Territorial possession was nine
green light to a resumption of ter- parts of the law. All the Pales-
tinians had was the uprising or
rorist attacks against Israel."
Ben-Ishai, one of the best con- Intifada, a ragged, grassroots re-
nected of Israeli defense writers, bellion that denied Israel the plea-
added that this information had sure of enjoying its assets.
Most recently, Arafat felt hu-
been passed on to both the Israeli
Cabinet and the United States. miliated by Israel's unilateral de-
Mr. Arafat, his sources estimat- cision to build homes for 6,500
ed, was "pushing Israel into a Jewish families on Har Homa, a
Jerusalem hillside captured from
deal."
At a news conference two days the Jordanians in the 1967 war.
after the Tel Aviv atrocity, the di- Then there were the "take-it-or-
rector of military intelligence, Ma- leave-it" terms offered for the next
jor General Moshe Ya'alon, phase of West Bank redeploy-
complained, "The terrorist orga- ment.
Last September, when Mr.
nizations still have a green light
to carry out attacks, and they un- Netanyahu opened a controver-
derstand it was given
by Mr. Arafat. For
several days now,
Palestinian security
services have not been
cooperating with Is-
raeli security services
regarding the preven-
tion of terrorism.
They are conditioning
this on progress on
the political front."
Ahmed Tibi, Mr.
Arafat's Israeli Arab
adviser, denied that
he had indeed given a
green light. In Wash-
ington, Secretary of
State Madeleine Al-
bright also said there
was no proof, adding
that the Palestinian
leader was making "a
100 percent effort to
fight terror."
Police and workers examine the debris after an
Israeli professionals explosion set by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv.
are convinced that
their Palestinian counterparts — sial tunnel near Muslim holy
hard-nosed veterans like Amin el- sites in old Jerusalem, Mr. Arafat
Hindi, Muhammad Dahlan and tested a new weapon in his ar-
Jibril Rajoub — are capable of mory — the 30,000 armed Pales-
reining in the bombers and the tinian police deployed in the
gunmen. With arrests, threats West Bank and Gaza Strip since
and a systematic offensive to he came home in 1994. In pitched
weaken Hamas influence in the battles that cost more than 75 Is-
mosques and the schools, they raeli and Palestinian lives, he
had kept the terrorists quiet for showed the Israelis that they no
the past year. At the same time, longer had a monopoly of
they shared information and co- firearms. The trauma of the Sep-
ordinated tactics with Israel's tember fighting shocked a reluc-
Shin Bet internal security service. tant Netanyahu into negotiating
For Israel, such cooperation seriously about Hebron, where
had become an increasing neces- his troops finally redeployed in
sity with each redeployment from January. Recently, by easing up
the Arab towns and villages of the on Hamas, Mr. Arafat has again
West Bank and Gaza Strip. The played the trump card of vio-
Shin Bet's network of informers lence.
has dried up, or been burned. Is-
After bulldozers started digging
rael \no longer has the sticks and on Har Homa, a senior American
carrots of licenses and permits for
diplomat was asked by the
trade, construction, vehicles and Jerusalem Post what message it
foreign travel that were part of delivered to the Palestinians. He
everyday life under the occupa- replied, "Screw you!" Mr. Arafat's
tion.
message to Mr. Netanyahu
This does not mean that the sounds ominously similar.
Shin Bet has given up trying.
It is not the best of foundations
Today, the Israelis still need the for another diplomatic salvage
cooperation of Palestinian in- mission. But since neither side
telligence, but they now know wants to go back, the attempt will
that it will not come free.
be made.
Arafat knows that he has ne-
Eventually, Netanyahu and
gotiated from weakness ever since Arafat will talk, but without the
the secret Oslo talks in 1992-93. warmth, trust and goodwill cru-
Israel dominated the Palestini- cial to the complex negotiating
ans militarily and economically. process. El
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