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ina at less than full throttle
Israeli
because the voters will be
during the holiday period,
undercover
impressed by the pomp and
was bringing its influence to
agents arrest
circumstance of the event, but
bear on the P.A. leadership.
Palestinians
because the Israeli nation
Israel also was seeking to
during violent
yearns, above all else, for
mobilize Egypt and Jordan to
peace.
protests last
pressure Arafat.
Friday in
He may be right.
Clinton had asked for the
Jerusalem's
The Likud's vehement
two sides' answers by
Old City.
protests against the ongoing
Wednesday, but in fact he will
negotiations suggest that —
have to wait at least until the
beyond their ideological
weekend. Arafat and Barak were
opposition to the proposed conces-
scheduled to meet — separately —
sions — strategists on the right also
with Egyptian President Mubarak on
believe a peace deal would sway large
Thursday.
sections of the public.
Clinton can hardly wait much
Ultimately, however, this is virgin
longer, however, as he gives up the
territory, and even the most sophisti-
keys to the Oval Office on Jan. 20.
cated polling and most acute political
If the two sides respond positively,
instincts may be way off base.
the next step will probably be for
Israeli observers who favor the gov-
Clinton to meet with each of the lead-
ernment's policy point to similarly
ers in Washington to work on last-
unanticipated cataclysms in the past
minute demands that both are likely
that swept along the public, including
to make in an effort to improve the
the peace deal with Egypt and the
package.
Oslo Accords of 1993. In both cases,
If there is progress among the lead-
politicians were astounded at the rela-
ers, lower-level negotiators will work
tive ease with which the public came
out wording, finalize maps, formulate
to terms with the new situation, so
security arrangements and agree on
different from the years of official
time lines, all so that there can be a
rhetoric.
grand ceremony at the White House
But Jerusalem, and especially the
before Clinton departs.
Temple Mount, may prove different.
President-elect George W. Bush
"Have you no red lines at all, no val-
would also presumably be there to sig-
ues that are beyond any deal?" an
nal his backing for what inevitably
emotional TV interviewer asked
would be a long and problematic
Justice Minister Yossi Beilin on
implementation process.
Tuesday. Beilin, a key, architect of the
But such a ceremony would only
peace process, responded angrily.
mark an initialing of the deal. The
"Israel at peace, its capital,
agreement has no validity until
Jerusalem, recognized by the whole
approved by the two nations.
world — that is a fundamental Zionist
On the Palestinian side, that
value for me," Beilin replied.
approval process could take the form
Beilin argued that Israeli sovereignty
of a plebiscite. More likely, however,
over the Temple Mount, imposed uni-
the leadership organs of the Palestine
laterally in 1967, is "virtual rather
Liberation Organization would be
than real." In practice, Israel does not
convened to consider the accord.
allow Jews to pray on the Mount, and
On the Israeli side, the process is
the area is run by the Muslim Wakf, or
clear-cut: On Feb. 6, Ehud Barak faces
religious authority.
Likud Parry Chairman Ariel Sharon in
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert of
elections for prime minister.
Likud this week accused Barak of
For Barak, victory would mean that
"duping and swindling" the nation by
the nation has endorsed the agree-
promising in the 1999 election to pre-
ment. For Sharon, victory would
serve the integrity of Jerusalem, and
mean that the electorate spurns
now negotiating its division.
Barak's peace deal.
He compared the premier to the
Roman general Titus, who destroyed
the Jewish Temple and burned the city
Yearning For Peace
in the year 70.
The opinion polls show Barak trailing
With that kind of chasm between
badly now, but closing the gap signifi-
leading politicians of the two camps,
candy if he can clinch the peace deal
and with the electorate fragmented
before Feb. 6.
into such disparate sectors —
Barak claims he can win even if the
Orthodox, Russian immigrants, Israeli
deal slips away, and he will win in a
Arabs, and others — no one can con-
landslide if the White House ceremo-
fidently predict how this fateful deci-
ny takes place. That, he says, is not
sion will go.

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