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damental disagreements loom ahead
over issues reserved for the final status
talks.
If those negotiations commence,
Shoval could again find himself in the
midst of an open conflict between the
United States and Israel on such con-
tentious matters as settlements,
Palestinian statehood and the status of
Jerusalem.
To keep relations smooth, Shoval
hopes to take a lesson from his last
U.S. duty.
President Bush thought that he had
received a commitment from then-
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to stop
building new settlements.,As Israel
continued to break ground on new
settlements, the Bush administration
seethed and threatened to hold up the
loan guarantees.
In order to maintain good relations,
Shoval wants to "avoid misunder-
standings or accusations of not having
said the truth or the whole truth."
Therefore, he said, the time is corn-
ing to communicate Israel's "red lines"
on final-status issues to the Clinton
administration.
With decision time "getting much
nearer," Shoval said some of the dis-
agreements between Israel and the
United States "may become much
more concrete now."
"In the past we said, and the
Americans said, 'Okay, one day when
we come to the actual negotiations we
will have to see."'
But the envoy added, "Maybe we
disagree and we have to fight about it."
Anticipating these possible disagree-
ments, Shoval wants to see the
American role in the peace process
revert back to that of a mediator.
Ironically, at Israel's request, U.S.
negotiators have sat at the table with
the parties as an active participant
since last year.
What Shoval wants has recently
transpired: U.S. Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright recently urged the
two sides to meet alone to resolve the
differences that have stalled the peace
process and, as a result, Israeli and
Palestinian officials have been meeting
in Israel without the presence of
American representatives.
When Shoval ended his first tour as
ambassador he cautioned: "We can't
let the Arabs think that they have to
negotiate with America instead of
Israel." Many fear that the current
U.S. plan has created exactly that
dynamic.
"I would not use the term a smaller

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