Show World fld-Examt'i- Sunday November 11998 tope continues espite violent acts ver Mideast accord sides say they are jeterred by violence ti implementing pact 3oth Associated I and the Palestinian lands a I prelude to peace can look a ' lot like an outbreak of war few snapshots from the days e the Oct 23 signing of the e River accord: Schoolchil-- n sobbing after a brush with th at the hands of a suicide nber Forensics experts the charred and man-- 1 remnants of an Israeli army i A slain Jewish settler’s dy corpse dumped in a West ik street Angry protesters g the prime minister as a tor t has been a tumultuous run-1- 0 implementation of the ement which is set to begin mday But so far both sides they are undeterred by the pick-throu- re-n- vi-n- t ven so the past week’s nts were a drawing of battle :s throwing into sharp relief obstacles that will be faced by agreement’s architects in ning weeks and months Extremists on both sides ickly made felt the ferocity of ir opposition to the pact tch calls for security steps by Palestinians in exchange for Israeli pullback from another percent of the West Bank Hard-lin- e Jewish settlers ged disruptive on West Bank high-y- s and a few voiced threats deemed credible ough that security surrounding ime Minister Benjamin Netan-h- u was increased considerably On the Palestinian side the iical Islamic group Hamas hiatus to after a lat had long been its hallmark: e suicide bomb A militant tried to ram an car into a school-i- s carrying Jewish settler chil-e- n in the Gaza Strip but an dem-stratio- sit-do- nt "W1 O rfP On the Israeli side Netanyahu has dealt with the anger of hard-lin- e settlers by alternately making emotional reassurances - “We love you!” he told them on his return from Washington - and being bluntly dismissive of their attempts to topple him The 1 50000 Jewish settlers are far from a monolithic political bloc - :$ ' ' MEMORIAL SERVICE: An Israeli girl holds a candle during a memorial rally for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv Saturday More than 300000 Israelis gathered in the plaza where Rabin was assassinated three years ago to remember him and express support for the Mideast peace attack on settlers - including the settler slaying of a Hebron-are- a on Monday three days after the signing of the peace agreement But ordinary Israelis tend to take a somewhat more nuanced view While Thursday’s attack aimed at schoolchildren was universally denounced as despicable many in the Israeli mainstream quietly question the logic of maintaining isolated Jewish settlements in the heart of Palestinian-run Gaza A commentary headlined “An attack foretold” in Friday’s editions of the Haaretz newspaper pointed to a perception of such settlers as “people who endanger the lives of their children and the soldiers who protect them” The coming weeks will provide plenty of fodder for charges and counter-charge- s of insincerity and inactivity For example Israel is demanding the dismantling of Hamas’ military wing al Qassam But it’s not the kind of organization that can easily be broken by the arrest of one or two top leaders It is shadowy and secretive made up of cells of operatives who are usually unaware of one another’s activities and may well get money and marching orders from Hamas leaders outside the Palestinian lands Palestinians might also balk at cutting their police force - as called for in the accord - at a time when Israel is demanding that they carry out nothing less war on militant than an groups Also although neither side is saying r uch about it there is danger that radicals’ anger could be turned against the United States because of the Clinton administration's brokering of the accord and the CIA's role in overseeing its implementation “What (Palestinian) crackdown? You mean the CIA crackdown” said Omar Abu 42 an angry Yassin supporter in Gaza “From infidels like the it is expected” Americans As the two sides prepare to start putting the agreement in place there's a poignant footnote: the third anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin falls this weekend by the Hebrew calendar all-o- ut On Saturday night tens of thousands of Israelis were to gather in the Tel Aviv square where the former prime minister was slain to mourn him and call for peace ar ? 'v: I'J : - s 7 v-7- ii'--’ i 7 pi' The Associated Press process he began Only a relatively small number are ideologues who fervently believe in a biblical claim to all the West Bank Many settlers instead have a purely pragmatic goal: a comfortable suburban lifestyle at far less expense than inside Israel proper Of necessity Netanyahu reacts vehemently and publicly to any ' syA EYAL W ARSHAVSKY ' s" © hot-eye- re-rn- - O 7? o “They’ve gone overboard - to disrespect the sheik this way is way past the line!” said Osama Afif a d who lives in Yassin’s slum neighborhood in Gaza City “If they’re smart they won’t keep him under house arrest for long” th 'Vi- O Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat responded with his most resolute actions yet against Hamas In addition to rounding up hundreds of Hamas activists he dared to move directly against the group's revered spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin putting him under house arrest hours after the foiled suicide bombing But it was difficult to tell how long - and how tough - the crackdown would be Two senior militants detained earlier Ismail Hanieh of Hamas and Hafez Azam of Islamic Jihad were already free as of Saturday Arafat always closely attuned to street sentiment is well aware that moving too harshly against Yassin could backfire by inflaming the ailing wheelchair-boun- d Islamic preacher’s edgily devout followers - In Israel JERUSALEM ' ’’’ iS - a- - - a- - ix X i V? ¥ ft fs '' p 'vix" '4 IS &f " : K ' A &&'( s - ' s sv I “t? : 'T v: 4 ' 7 vV 7 (IIIIIMHt ii nf - Vtlli !! 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