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tion on the ground."
"There's a very clear feeling of
betrayal," said Mark Rosenblum,
political director of Americans for
Peace Now.
Peace Now is hardly a disinterested
bystander; its Settlements Watch pro-
gram has provided the Clinton admin-
istration with detailed information on
construction and vacancy rates. But
much of the data has been substantiat-
ed by direct U.S. government inspec-
tions by car, helicopter and even spy
satellites, officials say.
This week, a Peace Now survey
indicated that overall construction in
West Bank and Gaza settlements is up
14 percent over a year ago, with 6,608
housing units under construction —
and 3,814 unoccupied. The heaviest
construction, Peace Now claimed, is
near Nablus and Ramallah, two of the
most radicalized Palestinian towns.
Israeli officials say the administra-
tion is misreading the data.
"What is a new settlement?" asked
one. "Is it something on a hilltop two
miles from another settlement? But
maybe it's in a location that gives a
vital defensive position to the original
settlement, or it's in the original plan
of the settlement."
This official complained that some
recent clandestine settlements have
been branded illegal by the Netanyahu
government and will be removed; how-
ever, the media does not report on that.
"Maybe it's a lack of desire by (the
administration) to understand," -he
said. "Maybe it's because there are
some individuals in the administration
who would like to see a change in the
government in Israel."
But critics say few, if any, new set-
tlements are actually dismantled.
Worse, they see a shifting pattern that
seems designed to undercut perma-
nent status talks and inflame
Palestinian-Israeli tensions.
"It's the character of the new settle-
ments that is infuriating the president,
and the timing," said Robert 0.
Freedman, president of Baltimore
Hebrew University and a leading
Mideast expert. "Here we have Arafat
making a gesture by not declaring a
Palestinian state — and Netanyahu,
trying to mollify his right, is sabotag-
ing the peace process."
The picture could be different in
the coming month if either a Labor or
Likud government decides to move
forward aggressively on the peace
process. But if it does, the leadership,
will inevitably face the reality of new
groups of settlers deep within the ter-
ritory being negotiated. El
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