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PEACE PROCESS

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chance, or at least give the impression
of doing so. Despite opposition from
some of his closest supporters in the
Cabinet, Sharon seems set to allow
eastern Jerusalem Arabs to vote in the
Palestinian election, even though that
part of the city was annexed by Israel
in1968 and Israeli officials have been
wary of any step that could bolster
Palestinian claims there.
Sharon also has the Israel defense
establishment working on contingency
plans: The National Security Council is
considering how Israel's planned unilat-
eral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
and part of the West Bank can be coor-
dinated with the Palestinians, and the
Israel Defense Forces and the Defense
Ministry are drafting blueprints for
Palestinian security reforms as well as
steps to end the intifada.
Sharon also is contemplating gestures
that could help Abbas build authority,
such as releasing prisoners and with-
drawing the Israeli army from
Palestinian cities.
But Sharon faces constraints of his
own. If he is finding it so difficult
politically to withdraw from Gaza and
a small part of the West Bank, Israeli
pundits ask, how will he be able to
withdraw from the huge territory that a
peace agreement would entail? I

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Israel Insight

THE ISSUE

The death of Yasser Arafat has
raised hopes that a new moderate
Palestinian leadership will emerge,
one which will return to the negoti-
ating table with Israel. The vast
majority of Israelis feel that there is
a pre-condition to such talks,
though.

BEHIND THE ISSUE

During the Oslo peace process of
the 1990s, Israel set up and armed
a Palestinian Authority security
force that numbered in the tens of
thousands. Many of those weapons
were turned against Israelis in the
last four years. For negotiations to
be renewed, Israelis must be con-
vinced that the Palestinian
Authority has the willingness, capa-
bility and desire to disarm the ter-
rorists in their midst.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan Detroit

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