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Subject: Israel Line 07-20-92

             Attention Israel Line Recipients

                  Monday, July 20, 1992


Baker and Palestinians Meet, Discuss Peace Process

Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL, reports that U.S. Secretary of State
James Baker, currently in Israel, sat in a closed meeting with a
Palestinian delegation today, but neither Mr. Baker nor the
Palestinians would publicly discuss any details of their meeting.
A press conference on the meeting will be held today in eastern
Jerusalem. In a memo submitted to Baker, the Palestinian
representatives requested that prominent Palestinian Faisal
Husseini join the negotiating team as a representative of East
Jerusalem.  They also listed a number of steps needed to help
develop mutual trust between the Israelis and Palestinians. These
included freeing people under administrative detention and
improving the status of human rights in the Territories. In Jordan,
Amman Radio reports that Baker demanded Palestinian flexibility
now that Israel has changed its position regarding settlements in
the Territories. According to Jordanian Radio, the Palestinian
representatives complained to Baker that Israel's shifting of
positions regarding the settlements is not enough to open the
deadlock reached in the peace process.


Review of Multilateral Talks

Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL, reports on talks held in Jerusalem today
between top Foreign Ministry officials and senior assistants to
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. The discussion included a
review of the multilateral negotiations. According to the U.S.,
there was a good deal of progress in the three multilateral working
groups in which Israel participated, namely, the groups dealing
with the water problem, the environment, and arms control. However,
they noted, there was a stalemate in the meetings on the refugee
problem and economic cooperation, which Israel did not attend.


Israeli Government Negates Establishment of Settlements Not Yet
Under Constraction

Today's DAVAR reports on yesterday's decision by the Israeli
Government to cancel the building of new settlements, commissioned
by previous governments, which are not yet under construction.
Although the announcement does not mention them explicitly,
according to DAVAR, it refers to the over twenty settlements in the
Territories which the various Likud-led governments decided to
build. In addition, settlements within the Green Line, which were
approved by past governments but which have not yet been built,
will need new approval if they want to begin construction. DAVAR
adds that apparently the communities inside the Green Line will not
encounter much difficulty getting approval. According to Director-
General of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, Aryeh Bar, a
decision to freeze the building of new roads in the Territories is
expected, following the freezing of construction in existing
settlemts in the Territories last week and the decision of the
Government yesterday to freeze the construction of new settlements.
Bar says that in the case of roads, too, a  distinction will be
made between roads with security value, which will continue to be
built, and other roads.


Egyptian Source: Mubarak May Propose Cairo as Site for Bilateral
Negotiations

Today's HA'ARETZ reports that in their meeting tomorrow, Egypt's
President Husni Mubarak may propose to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
that the city of Cairo act as the permanent site for the peace
talks between Israel and the Arabs. He may also offer his own
assistance with the bilateral negotiations on a continual basis,
should they flounder. HA'ARETZ quoted an official Egyptian source
on that information. Besides the doubt whether Israel will agree to
this proposal, it is not clear whether the Syrians, Lebanese and
Palestinians will agree to such an arrangement. The Arab parties in
the bilateral talks have refused, so far, to transfer the site of
negotiations to the region, in order to avoid handing Israel
anything which may be interpreted as normalization before it has
"paid" for it with land. Nevertheless, it seems as if President
Mubarak intends to persuade Syrian President Hafez Assad, who will
arrive in Cairo after Rabin's visit, that this must be done in
order to satisfy the Americans, who are looking for a gesture from
the Arab side. The newspaper adds that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
is expected to arrive tomorrow at Cairo's International Airport.


Prominent Palestinians Leave for Meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers

Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL, reports this morning that prominent
Palestinians, Faisal el-Husseini, Dr. Heidar Abdelshafi and Dr.
Saib Arikat, will leave on Wednesday to Amman en-route to Damascus
to participate in the discussions held by the Foreign Ministers of
Arab countries. The radio notes that this is the first time that
Palestinian representatives are leaving to participate in an
enlarged forum of foreign ministers of the Arab states. Among those
attending the meetings will be foreign ministers of Morocco, Saudi
Arabia and Egypt.


Spiritual Leaders Discuss Yahadut Hatorah's Joining Coalition

Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL, reports that Rabbi Shach and the Great
Rabbi from Gur are meeting today to determine future steps to be
taken by the Yahadut Hatorah party. They are continuing their
search for a formula that will allow the Yahadut Hatorah party to
join the Labor-led coalition. Though still outside the coalition,
a dispute is evolving between the Yahadut Hatorah and Shas parties
on the post of Deputy mMnister in the Ministry of Education.
Yahadut Hatorah says that once it joins the Government, it will
request that a deputy minister from its own party be part of the
ultra-Orthodox education administration. According to the radio,
this prospect brought a lot of anger in the Shas party.


IDF to Recommend Stopping Expulsions of Palestinians

Today's AL HAMISHMAR reports that the Israel Defense Forces will
present the issue of expelling Palestinians from the Territories to
Prime Minister Rabin. They will suggest rethinking the issue and
recommend Israel stop using the measure of expulsion in the future
because of the present political climate in the Territories. IDF
sources mentioned that there have been expulsion orders since
January of this year for 11 Palestinians living in the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip. They noted that for the past seven months,
legal proceedings in the appeals of these expulsions have not yet
been concluded. The IDF said that the security authorities must
reach an agreement with these 11 Palestinians in order to prevent
the projected negative reactions to their expulsions. They said
that the policy of expulsion does not have a place in the effort
towards autonomy in the Territories.


Today's Israel Line was prepared by Gideon Sa'ar, Tamar Kaplan and
Robert Socolof.

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