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Clinton's vic- tories against Saddam do not have a spin-off effect that would help Clinton's prospects in the Senate," Tanter said. "I don't believe that what's hap- pening in Washington will affect the implementation of the Wye agree- ment," said Gad-Harf. Given the "partisan nature" of national politics, Giles said he believes there is no chance that the president will be convicted in the Senate. He also predicted that Netanyahu would prevail in the early elections, sensing that the Labor party so far is too "splintered" to present a candidate who could excite voters. Giles' concern is that the growing number of religious parry seats after early elections will make further coalitions with either Labor or Likud "all the more treacherous" in terms of other political policies within the State of Israel. Netanyahu, weakened by his own government, would find it "political suicide" to move forward with further withdrawal, considering the lack of movement on the Palestinian side, said Giles. "The future of the Wye agreement will either rise or fall on the ability for the Palestinian Authority to fulfill its part of the obligation," he said. "The issue is not whether a Palestinian state will exist, it is a question of "when and under what conditions" there will be one, Tanter said. "If Israel is comparatively secure from internal and external threats, moreover, there is little way to stop the march toward a Palestinian state." He added that "because of the new relationship between the United States and the Palestinian Authority, Israel has an incentive to keep the peace process alive." Gad-Harf said the United States has done what it could to help with the Wye agreement, but now it's up to the two parties directly involved. "It's the internal politics within Israel and within the Palestinian movement which will be much more significant in affecting the future of that agreement," he said. "Israel does not want, and should not have, a stare on its borders that can be a military threat to Israel." It's much too early to tell what will happen, and peace depends on whether Netanayhu is attempting to consolidate his position to include support for Wye, or whether the po' don he takes is viewed as more antag onistic, said Gad-Harf. "The out- come should not be regarded as cer- tain by any means." Li In Israel, Business As Usual Jerusalem Israelis are getting used to Saddam Hussein and his wicked ways, even touch blaze. The army deployed Patriot air defense batteries around Tel Aviv and Haifa last week and opened 67 gas mask distribution centers. But the 24 hours after the first Tomaha‘ Cruise missiles slammed into Baghdad, only 4,000 turned up to renew their protective kits. The cen- ters closed for Shabbat. Most of the never reopened. A platoon of soldiers in the gym of Jerusalem's Spanian ORT techni- cal high school was doing a brisk trade in gas masks and germ warfar antidotes at the end of the week. But there was none of the panic of last February, when thousands queued for hours, jostling and grousing in the rain. This time no one had sealed the spare bedroom with plastic sheeting and masking tape against biological and chemical warfare. They didn't expect to have to sit, night after night, listening to the radio and wait- ing for the all-clear, as they did when 39 Scuds hit Israel in January 1991. The tensions did have a major impact, however, in the West Bank, where Palestinians and Israeli troops clashed Saturday during pro-Iraq demonstrations. More than 100 Palestinians were reported wounded in the clashes. The Palestinian Authority, trying to restrict demon- strations of solidarity for Iraq, detained a number of Palestinian journalists covering the events. On Sunday, the Palestinian Authority also lifted a ban on foreign news organizations that had attempt- ed to cover Palestinian demonstra- tions in support of Iraq. Palestinian officials had imposed the ban in an effort to squelch reports about the demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a source of embarrass- ment to the self-rule government, which has sought improved ties with the United States. LI