Strip and the West Bank, and over
numerous other issues still unre-
solved or unimplemented. But the
Palestinians, for all their anger and
resentment, were being supremely
careful not to risk a rupture. And the
Israelis, too, were equally careful not
to be a spoiler, despite the
Netanyahu government's need to
mollify the hard-core right.
The reason: Clinton's visit during
the third week of December.
The president is scheduled to land
at the Arafat Airport in southern
Gaza, in what is being seen as a dra-
matic act of encouragement for
Palestinian national aspirations. After
more than a year of delays, the two
sides recently agreed to the airport's
opening on Tuesday after Israeli secu-
rity concerns were met. The decision
to name the airport after the
Palestinian leader was made earlier
this year.
Clinton's speech next month to
thousands of Palestinian representa-
tives in Gaza — among them the
members of the Palestine National
Council — will furnish the occasion
for revoking the Palestinian
Covenant, as called for under the
Wye accord.
The assembled delegates will vote
by acclamation to abrogate the clauses
of the document, originally published
in 1964, which call for the eradication
of Jewish sovereignty in Palestine.
The Palestinians and their close
allies, the Arab parties in the
Knesset, make no bones about their
hope that Netanyahu can hold his
government together for the dura-
tion of the 12-week implementation
period. Their implicit message: If
that requires throwing sops to the
Israeli right — then, up to a point,
so be it.
There is real bitterness on the
Palestinian side over Israeli plans to
expropriate land to make room for
more than a dozen bypass roads,
which are designed to help Jewish
settlers travel through the West Bank
without having to traverse
Palestinian villages. The Palestinians
also point to almost nightly land-
grabs by settlers on hilltops near
their settlements. Sharon has openly
urged the settlers to seize what they
can — which has provoked more
than a few protests from Palestinian
officials.
But even these protests are clearly
being held in check as the Palestinians
wait for Clinton to land at the airport
named for their leader.
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