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kind of Israeli interpretation before,"
he notes.
Shikaki says Arafat will not compro-
mise on the Temple Mount, which the
Arabs call Haram al-Sharif; he must
have full sovereignty, again, chiefly out
of fear that if he agreed to share sover-
eignty, Israel would stake its claim of
sovereignty in a way that would
impinge on the Palestinians' claim.
This is why a compromise suggested
for the Temple Mount -- that the
Palestinians rule over the surface
(Haram al-Sharif) while the Israelis
gain sovereignty over what's under-
neath (referred to in Clinton's bridging
proposals as the Jewish "holy of
holies") — is unnacceptable to Arafat,
says Shikaki.
Even though Israel's share of sover-
eignty on the Temple Mount would be
symbolic only, because the bridging
proposals bar them from excavating,
leaving them with nowhere to go and
nothing to do under the Mount, the
Palestinians fear that Israel would use
its sovereign status to excavate the
Mount as a provocation with the
intent of conquering Haram al-Sharif,
he explained.
Asked if the Palestinian position
didn't grow out of their belief that no
ancient Jewish temples ever actually
stood on the Temple Mount, and that
this was an invention aimed at grab-
bing Haram
H ram al-Sharif from the
Moslems, Shikaki said underlying atti-
tudes weren't important at this late
stage, only political practicalities.
Refugee Rights
As for the right of 3.7 million
Palestinians to return to Israel if they
choose, Shikaki said Arafat will not
give up the "right," but he will con-
cede nearly all of the actual "return."
In other words, Israel must agree
that each of the refugees has the right
to apply for resettlement in Israel, but
Israel would retain the right to accept
them or nor. In reality, Shikaki
believes that only "some tens of thou-
sands" of refugees would choose to go
back to Israel, and Israel would be
compelled to accept them.
If millions wanted to return, Israel
would not be bound to accept them,
but would be required to put them on
a "waiting list" to show good faith.
Regarding Israel's key demand —
that Arafat and the Palestinians pub-
licly declared an "end to the conflict,"
with no more outstanding claims —
this would only come once Israel ful-
filled its commitments on territorial
withdrawals. Israel is saying that it
would want to maintain a presence in
the Jordan Valley for six years. "In that
case, the declaration of end of conflict
would come after six years," Shikaki
says.
Shikaki and Klein agree on the
terms of a deal that Arafat could agree
to — Israeli withdrawal from the
equivalent of 100 percent of the West
Bank and Gaza; exclusive Palestinian
sovereignty over the Temple
Mount/Haram al-Sharif, and a mini-
mal resettling of Palestinian refugees in
Israel.
They disagree, however, on whether
it's going to happen. "The chances are
very, very slim, because the trust
between the two sides is zero," says
Klein.
Shikaki, however, thinks that the
Clinton bridging proposals will be
kicked back and forth between the
Palestinians and Israelis and will rake
on a "momentum of their own."
"Not all the Palestinian leadership
will accept them, but 51 percent will.
The key is the [18-member] Fatah
Central Committee, but with Arafat
heading it, he will push the agreement
through, and once the Fatah leader-
ship accepts the deal, the remainder of
the Palestinian mainstream will follow
suit," says Shikaki.
And what about the Israelis, who
would decide its opinion of such a
peace agreement in the Feb. 6 election
between Barak and Sharon? "Fifty-one
percent of the Israelis will support it,
too," Shikaki replies.
Well, it was the oldtime Zionists,
after all, who said that to be a realist
in this part of the world, one must
believe in miracles. 0
Corrections
• In the Community Views guest
column, "We Are Making A
Difference," (Dec. 22, page 36),
Kibbutz Ein Dor, established in
1948, was misspelled.
• In the letter "Our Money
Misdirected" (Dec. 22, page 37),
Rachel's Tomb was identified as
in Schechem; it is near
Bethlehem. The Palestinians dese-
crated the tomb of Yosef, her son.
• In the introductory story on the
Table of Contents page (Dec. 29,
page 3), the names Dana Burnstein
and Ervin Posner were incorrect.
Posner's first name was misspelled
in a caption on page 14.
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