European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes thursday december 31.1987 columns Flora Lewis per est a ans forced into go it alone approach although the the Arab states punished Egypt with ostracism there was a degree of wary euphoria among palestinians when the Camp David peace treaty was signed in 1979. It provided for autonomy in the israeli occupied crr glories for five years in the Hope that a Cooling off period would produce new habits and new attitudes Tinl could Lead to a palestinian israeli agreement. At the time in was suggested to some israelis that they would have much to gain by unilaterally pro claiming some moves toward autonomy and liberalization before the difficult negotiations began. That could have created a climate of expectation. Bui inc israeli government of Minachem begin had no such intentions. On the contrary the autonomy negotiations soon broke Down and were abandoned. Israeli settlement in the occupied territories was accelerated. Begin made Clear that he had no thought of ceding any land ill any Lime Only some limited rights. Eventually for its own needs Israel did re place military government with civilian administrations and allowed some local elections though mayors were deposed when the occupation found them Loo vigorous in representing their . So the situation was left to rot while the Powers mumbled about peace plans and International conferences nothing changed on inc horizon and that is Why there is so much turmoil among palestinian arabs now and so much concern among israelis. In fact there was a change of attitudes much for the worse. That was the legacy of intransigence and frustration. It is not an Accident that the outbursts of violence Ellen Goodman have come now a full generation after the israelis won control of the territories in the 1967 War. The Young palestinian rioters did not in Perince the frenzy of War and the bitterness of defeat Only the fury of living under occupation they watched the Plo being evicted from Lebanon after the 1982 War and saw it Rel cat to unending sterile posturing with no credible plan for settlement. Only now after All these years has the Plo even begun to talk of the possibility of establish ing a govern thai could announce a will to negotiate to move ahead. And that still has t happened and probably will not because its councils arc divided among those who would seek Compromise and those who Call any will to Compromise treason. The Palestin Eland Sec nothing coming in Ianson the and now at the recent Summit meeting in Amman Jordan inc Arab states have declared the Iran Iraq War to be their first priority. Nothing Tor the palestinians to expect from them either. As an Arab woman in Europe said watching films of the rioting they have nothing More to lost hut in if frustrations you Sec it in those bum ing despite the official israeli line about outside agita tors it is Clear that the Sheba kids have decided to try taking their tale in their own hands because they have nowhere else to look after All that s what led to foundation of the Plo in the first place. It was a Deci Sion to do it ourselves As a Young Jerusalem Arab woman told me in the 1960s, because the Arab states will never do it for us the israeli army organi cd to defend the slate against invasion and intrusion is neither trained nor equipped to Deal with unarmed civil disorder that i Why he casualties have been sit alarmingly Orph. It is also a legacy of the failure to sit thai the situation could Only deteriorate when there were no prospects no glimmering award a so irl Mirtil. Foreign minister Shimon Peres has said that Only a political peaceful diplomatic similar run it Giuld break the impasse. Fine words but when lie was prime min ister lie did not Lake the actions necessary m promote in and they arc probably not possible nov Wilh Pas Sions running so High. There should be no illusion that the pause of cd Imhaus lion will diminish the Young palestinians Del Cormina Tion to make Israel and the world see they will not accept what they Are physically unable to change. The trouble will Only Fusler. Bui neither is this a time for minor begrudging concessions to their aspirations which can Only be inflamed by tentative measures. The time cries out for moral leadership on both sides of the israeli Arab Divide. It May be Loo late logo Back to the original meaning of Camp David the meaning begin distorted which did offer Hope for a settlement. Bui sortie such Beacon promising n Way out of inc deadlock is essential. Otherwise the sorrowful words of the israeli writer Amos Kenan will come to resound with tragic reality. He said last week in the heart of a dark sea i cling to a floating Plank and a pitiless current carries me away. Far from the receding shores of the promised land he understands. When history denies Hope it begets monstrosity. Ego driven Hart campaigns for acceptance when Gary Hart ctr Calvd from Public life last Spring the last thing we saw was the blinking Scarlet "a1 on his learn letter sweater. The a was for arro Gance. The questions that dominated the to Lical air Back then were less about his purity than about his judgment. Was there something flawed something even weird about a Man who dared the press to follow him and then led them to a town House tryst in Washington was there something impulsive or even compulsive about the Man on Board the Monkey business did he believe himself immune from discovery or from mundane moral strictures of political life now Gary Han is Back on the Campaign Trail. He has returned As the Man on the while horse but it s hard to see i n the fuzzy first Light whether he s playing the Lone Ranger or Don Quixote. In new Hampshire be said i Don i have 3 National Headquarters or staff. I Don t have any Money. I Don t have pollsters or consultants or Media advisers or political endorsements. But i have something even by Tow. 1 have the Power of the co Lor ado an is in the role that tils him most naturally the loner the outsider. The Man who is uncomfortable with people and uneasy pursuing voters in hurly Burly politics is the same Man who wants to attract followers by the sheer Force of his shining intelligence. As he told Ted Koppel "1 care a lot More about ideas than i do indeed he consistently cares More about his ideas than about people. That s what has Lone been missing in the Man who holds himself aloof irom or is it above the rest. In the Hart 88 Campaign part i inc candidate did t seem to care about the effects of a link Monkey business on his family or on the Campaign workers who had changed their lives for him. In part ii lie does t seem to care what happens to inc democratic party or to the Washington woman whose name was barely withheld from Public scandal last Spring. I in cakes about ideas Lii do is to say his ideas which is to say himself. Out of the spotlight this Man faced a dwindling audit note. His return is less about the Public s need 10 Hrar than n is about Gary Han s need 10 he heard. His Days in the political wilderness have Only intensified the of this Long distance loner. Adothis on few candidates arc disqualified by self doubt. But there is a Point on the continuum where egoism turns into narcissism. There s a moment when a Man worships his own abilities to the disparagement of All others. When he May believe he has been anointed. A politician s ambition can become so fused and confused with National destiny that he finally con Vinces himself he is to the country. His Suc Cess is the nation s Success. He is so essential i hat he must be forgiven mortal Misbehaviour so essential that the people will Rise up and Recagni a him. At the risk of Arm chair psychoanalysis Gary Hurt s actions suggest that he has crossed that Tine. Casually he dismissed the other candidates. With Light lips he made removed references to the events of last Unsel consciously he replayed a scene of togetherness with wife. Lee by his Side like a character out of a Tammy Wynette song. I Don i dispute the Man s intelligence or thoughtful Ness about Many issues. I can see the Appeal of Bis renewed candidacy. Americans relate to loners to men bucking the system. There is enough Ati Ranion to underdogs and enough hostility to he Media to give Han at least a spoiler s role. But what Shenin the Winter of his discontent with private life. Hart is no different a Man than he was last Spring. Smart hut unpredictable and still deeply flawed. A Man who prefers ideas to people. A Man whose own ambition a for arrogance propelled him Hack into inc race. Gary Hart is out for his political saltation. Hut this return is hardly the second coming. A a glory Phil Byrit a. U
