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There has to be that hope to sustain
the process."
But Arafat's brandishing of the
statehood threat as a negotiating tool
has alarmed even strong peace process
supporters.
The issue came into sharper focus
during the recent Palestinian donors'
conference in Washington. Arafat
used the high-visibility platform to
express his determination to create a
Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its
capital.
"From the Israeli government's
perspective, Arafat was not chal-
lenged enough on those statements,"
said ARZA's- Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch,
"and that also alarmed some
American Jewish leaders. There's a
growing sense of concern about the
momentum the issue has achieved."
But instead of foreclosing the idea
of statehood, the administration
needs to find a balance between dis-
couraging any unilateral declarations
and making it clear that statehood
based on direct Israeli-Palestinian
negotiations is an essential goal of the
process, Hirsch said.
"Everybody with eyes knows for a
certainty that there will be a
Palestinian state at the end of the Oslo
peace process," he said. "The only
questions involve issues of borders,
strategic and military issues, the right
of return of refugees. But ultimately,
it's clear that the handshake on the
White House lawn in 1993 set in -
motion a process that will lead to a
Palestinian state. The signing of the
Wye accords meant that the vision was
adopted by the right wing in Israel."
With even Foreign Minister Ariel •
Sharon now conceding the inevitabili-
ty of some kind of Palestinian state,
peace process supporters say, efforts to
quash official U.S. acknowledgement
of the goal are barely camouflaged
attacks on the peace process itself.
But there are powerful political
reasons for the administration to
tread carefully — topped by the
ambitions of Vice President Al Gore,
whose quest for the presidential nom-
ination in 2000 will require strong
support from pro-Israel campaign
contributors.
Administration policymakers who
might be willing to dangle the
prospect of statehood in front of the
restive Palestinians also have to reck-
on with a likely backlash against
Gore — especially since Republican
contenders are almost certain to por-
tray themselves as vehemently
opposed to Palestinian statehood.

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