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which thedsraeli prime minister pledges
to give up more West Bank land,
Katsover says he is not particularly wor-
ried about settlements being disbanded.
"People are alert to what's going on,
but there's no real worry, no panic, no
sense of emergency," he says.
"No one's energies or emotions are
ready for mobilization right now," he
adds. "It would be hard to get enough
people for a demonstration. And for
- anything more militant, like blocking
an intersection, it would be impossible."
One reason he feels this way, sur-
prisingly, is because of Barak.
"He acts out of a spirit of responsi-
bility to the Jewish people," says
Katsover, reflecting the calm tone
coming from settler leaders since the
Labor leader came to power.
The settlers voted almost as one for
Barak's opponent, Binyamin Netanyahu.
But Barak has gone out of his way to
maintain contact with settler leaders,
and they are voicing their appreciation.
At the same time, Katsover has "no
doubt" that in order to strike a deal
with the Palestinians, Israel's prime
minister will offer to move numerous
small settlements into larger blocs, such
as the Gush Etzion and Ariel area.
Katsover doesn't think the Palestinians
will settle for a compromise. And, he
predicts, when they find out that Barak
won't, or can't, give them everything they
want, there will be an "explosion."
That outcome worries him as an
Israeli, not a settler, Katsover says. And
if it happens, he adds, the serenity of
today "could change completely in the
space of a month. If, for instance,
Barak tries to go ahead with the Wye
Agreement withdrawals, then the ten-
sion will rise very high immediately in
people, and they will mobilize."
Katsover hopes that people like
Moshe Goldberg, 18, responds to the
call for help. In a sandlot at the edge of
a newer residential neighborhood,
Goldberg, 18, is shoveling tumble-
weeds and burning them. Born in Elon
Moreh, he doesn't know where he will
live once he leaves his parents' house —
in a settlement or one of Israel's cities.
Asked if he thought his home and
other relatively isolated settlements
would be erased eventually, he replies,
"It's a very realistic possibility. Look at
where we are; we're alone." While
believing that uprooting settlements is
not the way to peace, Goldberg agrees
that a majority of Israelis think it is.
And that frightens him.
"Most Israelis don't want the peace
process to blow up," he says, and
even if they'll be sorry to see settlers
lose their homes, they'll support it." 7

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Decision Pending

Arafat will decide in
two weeks whether to
link Wye, final status.

Jerusalem/JTA
alestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat will spend the next
two weeks thinking about whether to
accept an Israeli proposal to integrate
implementation of the Wye accord
into final-status talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
presented the proposal to Arafat dur-
ing a meeting between the two leaders
Tuesday night at the Erez crossing
between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Barak stressed that Israel would
fully uphold the U.S.-brokered land-
for-security deal regardless of Arafat's
decision as long as the Palestinians
met their commitments, including the
fight against terrorism.
"We intend to uphold the Wye
accord," Barak said. "It is a signed agree-
ment by the government of Israel."
The two leaders described their dis-
cussions as "frank" and "candid." It
was their second working meeting
since Barak's election in May.
Arafat repeated the Palestinian
demand for full implementation of
Wye, including further withdrawals
from the West Bank; opening of a
safe-passage route traveling between
the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the
release of Palestinian prisoners; and
the construction of the Gaza seaport.
Arafat also called for implementa-
tion of economic accords linked to
the Oslo process and demanded a
freeze on Jewish settlements. He
added that the two sides had agreed
to form a joint committee regarding
the third phase of the further rede-
ployment.
Arafat said the Palestinians are
ready to fully uphold their commit-
ments under the signed agreements.
We reiterated our full commit-
ment to implement all our obligations
pertaining to agreements signed,
including our security commitments,"
Arafat said. We will continue with
our policy of zero tolerance to vio-
lence and terror, whether committed
by Palestinians or Israelis."
Barak just completed a flurry of
diplomatic discussions in
Washington, London and Rabat,
Morocco, and his pace has only
slightly lessened since his return to
Israel after attending the funeral of
Morocco's King Hassan. I I

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