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...reaction to the surreal sight of Rabin shaking hands with PLO leader Yassir Arafat that day was very different. We, like most Israelis, knew of Arafat's murderous history of terrorism, and his tactics of choosing children as targets and shopping malls as battlefields...
...Rabin was visibly distressed as he shook Arafat's eager hand. The Prime Minister began his remarks that day by calling the signing "not so easy" for himself or for the Jewish people in the Diaspora, who, he said, were "watching with great hope and apprehension...
...reassuring to hear Rabin give expression to the intense, yet mixed feelings present in the pro-Israel community. We wished the Palestinian leader who shook Rabin's hand would be a courageous leader, like Sadat, who flouted Arab rejectionism and flew to Jerusalem in pursuit of peace. Instead, we were greeted by Arafat's grinning visage on the cover of Time magazine...
...Rabin and Peres have emphasized in the past few months, peace is never made with friends, only with enemies. Israel can't choose its negotiating partners--the ineffectiveness of the non-PLO Palestinian delegation to Madrid proved this point. For a negotiating partner with authority and legitimacy in the territories, Israel was forced to turn to Yassir Arafat...
...only answer to these anxieties is a strong commitment to Israeli security in any further arrangements made in the peace process. Toward this end, Rabin and Peres have prudently held out over a number of outstanding issues. Most important among these is the issue of who will control the borders of Gaza and Jericho with other Arab states. Israel has insisted, justly, that Israeli authorities should have veto power over entry of some foreigners into the West Bank and Gaza...