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public would keep its eyes open or
decide to shut them again.
"If Barak takes the line that he
stood tall for a unified Jerusalem, and
the Palestinians once again didn't miss
an opportunity to miss an opportuni-
ty, he'll be confirming the truth of the
old slogans — in other words, bless-
ing the holy cows," said Benvenisti.
If, on the other hand, Barak presses
ahead for peace negotiations — if he
treats Camp David as a beginning rather
than an end — then the public debate
will continue, and "the slogans will
come up against hard reality," he said.
On The Right
Right-wing opinion-makers, however,
disputed this claim.
Likud Knesset Member Yuval
Steinitz, a philosophy professor at
Haifa University, said the moderate
left's belief in the possibility of peace
with the Palestinians was shaken by
Arafat's hardline stand at the summit.
Consequently, Steinitz, a dove-
turned-hawk, said the Center-Left,
which makes up the bulk of Barak's
support, is "coming to understand
that the Palestinians are not ready to
end the conflict, and that even if
Arafat [eventually] signs an agree-
ment, they would continue to use
their educational and cultural chan-
nels to prepare their people for the
future destruction of Israel."
Barak's offers to the Palestinians
were leading moderates "to see that the
left's Concessions were endangering the
foundations of this country," he said.
And despite the summit's failure,
Steinitz said the right wasn't out of the
woods by any means. There will still
be pressure from the Arabs, the left
and the U.S. for further Israeli conces-
sions, he said. If bloodshed and even
war are presented as the alternative to
meeting the Palestinians' demands,
Israeli public opinion might turn in
that direction out of fear, he said.
Militant West Bank ideologue
Elyakim Ha'etzni discerned that the
Camp David talks had pushed the
broad center to either the left or
.right edges.
"Camp David is providing a lit-
mus test. Everyone is showing his
true colors," said Ha'etzni. Those
who now agree to granting
Palestinians control over the Arab
part of Jerusalem never really
believed in the idea of "united
Jerusalem," he said, and those who
had their doubts about the peace
process are now coming out against
Barak's policy. ❑
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