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...seems a safe bet that the commission will ultimately find that Israeli negligence eased Goldstein's mission, the question is how high up it will assign blame. One possible victim is Lieut. General Ehud Barak, the military chief of staff who has been widely touted as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's preferred successor. Says a high-ranking army officer: "Barak used to be considered a wunderkind. The blunders made in the Tomb have tarnished his reputation...
...also conceivable that the commissioners will reach as high as the Defense Minister, who also happens to be Prime Minister Rabin. If so, he might be compelled to step down. Then Baruch Goldstein would have a hearty laugh from the grave. His aim was to destroy the Middle East peace process, and nothing would accomplish that better than the fall of Yitzhak Rabin...
Jerusalem -- At Israeli army headquarters in the Gaza Strip, workers are painting walls and fixing things up. It's not because they plan to stay -- they're making repairs for the P.L.O. to take over after they leave, which could happen soon. To show goodwill, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered troops to turn over facilities in pristine condition...
...first Arab-Israeli talks since the massacre, the political adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin met with p.l.o. chief Yasser Arafat in Cairo. The meeting was described as "a starting point" in which both sides "explained their positions and went home...
While the massacre at the mosque was indeed tragic and inexcusable, it cannot be used as an indication that Israel is not negotiating in good faith. Just as Arafat cannot control the Hamas or any number of other radical Palestinian groups, so Rabin cannot be responsible for the act of one deranged American-Jew. Calling off the talks because of this incident would grant the murderer's ultimate wish. It is wrong--and offensive--to suggest that either community wishes for an extended period of hostility...