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...hard-liners like Sharon were not about to take this sitting down. The general himself noted with great pride that mass protests met the Cabinet meeting that had been called to discuss the proposed Gaza-Jericho First Plan...
...wailed, red-faced with indignation, "that Israel would deal with the PLO?" Change the intonation, subtract the angry epithets ("a gang of terrorists") that Sharon attached at the end of the phrase, and it's exactly the message we're hearing from architects and supporters of the Gaza-Jericho plan...
...strategic depth has become a swan song. Sharon cited the recent wave of Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israel as a preview of the type of activity (this time in range of major cities) that Palestinians would undertake given any autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza. But the short-range Katyushas of today will very soon be medium range SCUDS from North Korea. In the face of advancing technology, a country whose survival depends on "strategic depth" will find itself in an awful bind, needing more and more depth to offer the same measure of protection...
Bill Clinton's initial response has been perfectly pitched. By overly praising Israel, Clinton has assured Israelis that Washington will block any Arab attempt to exploit Jerusalem's goodwill. Even the prospect of U.S. troops in Gaza is possible, much as American forces helped monitor the Sinai accord a decade ago. Clinton must move beyond merely reviving the aborted U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue and actively embrace Arafat. As the P.L.O. leader's weakness dictated compromise with Israel, it now burdens the peace. Hard-line rejectionists want Arafat's head, literally. Prime Minister Rabin has come to understand that Arafat...
Naturally, all sides are uneasy, even worried, about the present breakthrough. Many Palestinians fear that "Gaza and Jericho first" is nothing but a disguise for an Israeli plot to get away with "Gaza and Jericho only." Many Israelis, for their part, fear that Israel is about to give away land and forfeit strategic assets in return for nothing more than a piece of paper, a sweet document that may easily be torn to shreds the following day. Some of those apprehensions can be alleviated when people on both sides realize that the present contract contains an element of time...