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Another Arab leader who has seen the antiterrorist light -- or at least wants the world to think he has -- is Arafat, whose credibility rests on dissociating his mainstream Palestinian movement from the murderous activities of Abu Nidal. Arafat's recognition of Israel and renunciation of terrorism last December -- however grudging and ambiguous -- helped isolate Abu Nidal in the Arab world, and may have intensified the infighting within F.R.C. ranks. The P.L.O.'s concern is that the taint of terrorism could deny it a major role in Israeli-proposed Palestinian elections. Last week Arafat persuaded a meeting of Arab foreign ministers...
Beatings. Mass arrests. Rubber, plastic and lead bullets. The Israeli army has deployed all these and more against the Palestinians in a futile effort to smash the revolt that erupted in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on Dec. 9, 1987. In the two years since then, Israel's politicians have bickered endlessly and fruitlessly in the search for a solution. The intifadeh goes on, the deaths go on, the Arab-Israeli stalemate goes...
...Israeli leaders insisted the rebellion would be quickly crushed. But a second year without a settlement pays credit to the Palestinians' remarkable endurance and ingenuity. Armed with stones and Molotov cocktails, Arab youths have managed to confound the Israeli army, regain their tattered pride, and remind the world that Israel's "enlightened" occupation is a painful contradiction in terms. Yet many Palestinians fear their revolution has stalled. Mass demonstrations have given way to smaller skirmishes waged by a hard-core group of activists, and Israel has yet to concede so much as an inch of land. Meanwhile, the world...
...none of this has spelled defeat for the Palestinians. Ironically, the uprising's survival is assured by the army's harsh measures, which are drastic enough to guarantee hatred among Arabs but not to end the revolt. The methods Israel has refined to keep the intifadeh in check may be more responsible for Palestinian solidarity than the slogans of the Arab leadership, so that the uprising has been institutionalized as a self-perpetuating expression of pride and anger. But a growing number of Arab extremists argue that stones are no longer sufficient. "The only way we're going...
Palestinian guerrillas armed with automatic weapons offered a grim demonstration of that philosophy last month when they ambushed an Israeli patrol in the Gaza Strip and killed two soldiers. But stepped-up Palestinian violence will only beget more violence from Israel. Warned Brigadier General Zvi Poleg, who commands Israeli forces in Gaza: "The rules of the game change when lethal weapons are used against soldiers...