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And the calm is highly relative. As
Powell spoke, reports came in of a
shooting ambush in the West Bank
that left an Israeli girl badly wound-
ed and two men in the same car less
seriously hurt. The gunmen appar-
ently escaped back to Palestinian-
held territory.
The day before, a bomb was found
as a high-level European Union dele-
gation held meetings in the King
David Hotel in downtown Jerusalem.
It exploded as it was being defused,
but did not injure anyone.
The IDF remains deployed on the
outskirts of the West Bank city of
Jenin. This is the last of six
Palestinian cities that Israeli armor
and infantry entered following the
assassination of Tourism Minister
Rehavam Ze'evi by a Palestinian
squad Oct. 17 in Jerusalem.

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Nusseibeh is confident that public opin-
ion ultimately will tend his way "if peo-
ple are made to discuss the problem
realistically, and feel that they are going
to participate in the decision. The stale-
mate in the conflict is a result of the fact
that there is no hope on either side."
Nusseibeh said, "If the leadership on
both sides can take this leap forward,
then we can break the stalemate."
Despite such optimism, Palestinians
took to the streets in Gaza last week to
protest Nusseibeh's views. Others
signed a petition challenging his
authority to cede the right of return.
Jibril Rajoub, head of Palestinian
security in the West Bank — and a
moderate in the eyes of some Israelis —
Settlements
said it was the timing of Nusseibeh's
comments "which is problematic, not
Touching on one very sensitive topic,
their substance." But Ahmad Abdul
Powel said that Israeli settlements in
Rahman, a Palestinian Cabinet minis-
the West Bank and Gaza "severely
ter, said Nusseibeh had expressed a
undermine Palestinian trust and
"personal opinion" and not the official
hope."
stance of the Palestinian Authority.
Settlement activity "preempts and
"The official position remains that
prejudges the results of negotiations,"
we are committed to the right of
he said, adding that "settlement
Palestinian refugees to return,"
activity must stop" under the
Rahman said.
Mitchell plan.
Meron Benvenisti, a longtime
This formulation was important:
observer
of the Palestinian scene, does
The Mitchell report requires a freeze
not believe the Palestinians will rally
not only on new settlement building,
around Nusseibeh's ideas. "His public
to which Israel is committed, but
is not willing to hear a rational argu-
even to "natural growth" of existing
ment," Benvenisti wrote in Ha'aretz.
settlements, which many of Sharon's
But Nusseibeh is convinced that the
political allies oppose.
Palestinians have no choice but to revise
Palestinian officials took heart
their attitude. "The Arab world and the
from these comments, and official
Palestinian leadership have to take
Palestinian media played them up,
another look at what's possible and what
omitting virtually any reference to
needs to be done and how best to create
Powell's demands on the Palestinian
a future for those refugees," he said.
Authority.
"Rather than allow people to continue
"On a broad vision, the statement
dreaming an unattainable dream, replace
was good," Palestinian Authority
it with a dream that can" come to life.
Cabinet Minister Nabil Sha'ath said.
Indeed, there are signs that
But he was disappointed that
Nusseibeh
is not alone. Mohammed
Powell avoided specifics.
Dahlan, the head of Palestinian secu-
"Without a time frame and moni-
rity in Gaza, recently condemned
tors on the ground, this will allow
what he said was the lack of any real
for Israeli procrastination as usual,"
Palestinian strategy to get out of the
Shaath said.
present stalemate with Israel.
Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb
In addition, Israeli politicians some-
Erekat complained that Powell "did
times
say that, in private conversations,
not refer to the Fact that we've made
leading Palestinians express exasperation
a lot of efforts, and failed to speak
specifically in an evenhanded manner and consternation with Arafat, arguing
that he has no vision of where to lead
of the need for the Israelis to stop
the intifada and is only reacting as
assassinations of Palestinian mili-
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