European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 24, 1992 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 reigning questions about the royals breakup Cabinet appointments invasions upheaval in India. All very interesting in their Way but swept away by the news from the Palace. A what has Long been dreaded has come to pass. The Waless have called the whole thing off. When prime minister John major recently told the British parliament that their Royal High Nesses had decided to separate a great wave of regret formed All Over. Why Prince Charles love an exquisite creature who had captivated the world Why Princess Diana think of a Way to make her Prince charming to her the popular View is that he is a Weirdo and she a Feather head. Diana has More sympathizers than Mary Mcgrory a a in Charles because she is enchanting. When they married in 1981, their chances of living happily Ever after seemed inescapable. Their wedding was spectacular and enthralling. When Soprano Kiri the Kanaka unfurled a Handel aria it was As if a Rainbow had descended on St. Paul a Cathedral. But in no time it seemed the marriage became cold and empty. Diana it turned out was a great Star. She did what royals did better than they did themselves. The windsors were outshone by the kindergarten teacher with a Genius for talking to Small children and comforting the old and the sick. With aids victims with the terminally ill she was better than Medicine. She sat on the Edge of the bed she took the hand of the sufferer she asked simple questions. She transformed them. The Prince was Good at his Job too. He wanted to talk to people about taste and style especially in architecture. He got the hang of communicating with jobless Young men who wanted to Start businesses. But the most eligible Bachelor in Christendom As a husband began playing second fiddle to a pretty Blue eyed blonde who was becoming a great Beauty. And she was wicked too. He would slave for Days Over speeches about various buildings and trends if she were in the audience she would mischievously cast out her famous look a shy gaze up from under her Bent forehead. Instantly the audience stirred the photographers rushed. His Royal highness words went unheeded. Unfortunately they had no examples of How to adapt and Compromise in their immediate circles. Other opera lovers and Rock fans have mated and managed. Sometimes children brought them together theirs . Their emotional landscape was not instructive. Her Mother bolted with an Argentine Polo player. His aunt walked in her love for a divorced Pilot married or. Wrong and got divorced. His sister is embarking on a second marriage. His brother married a redheaded swinger who achieved notoriety As a topless Duchess. Her brother had a front Page affair. Its no wonder the Queen suddenly offered to pay taxes on her enormous income. The question now is whether the monarchy can survive. Americans want to know too. The British embassy reports receiving Many Calls from inquiring and sympathetic citizens including the transition team at Little Rock ark., which took time out to request a briefing on the latest from the royals. The monarchy is variously regarded As an expensive anachronism and an essential Binder for English life. It is costly no Ciuc Stion. Queen Elizabeth ii is perhaps the world s richest woman and just inc maintenance of the yachts planes estates and Security of the family runs to $100 million a year. Whenever one of the members conspicuously fails to do what is expected a that is to provide a living tableau of family values a the Public becomes disillusioned. The reason that the windsors weathered the crisis of 1936, when Edward Viii chose a the woman i love Over the throne was that his shy stammering brother met the stiff upper lip standards of the nation by seeing through the Blitz with the rest of London. The Only amazement in majors speech was the news that Diana would be crowned Queen when and if Charles is crowned King. How come if Diana is such a lightweight How did she negotiate such a sweetheart Deal she gets Kensington the kids and the Crown Isnit the idea in the separation that they get to do their own thing she sought Solace in the company of someone who called her a on a tapped phone. He stopped talking to plants Long enough to express explicit passion for Camilla Parker Bowles the Horsey other woman who also talked on a tapped phone. Will Princess Diana bring a Date to the Coronation will Prince Charles questions remain. Did she have the Best lawyer in England or did she have tapes photos diaries will they Ever get together again would she be willing to enrol in a great books course would he learn the lambada Royal fans will forgive them anything a except not being Happy. It was the Only thing we asked of them. We re sorry they do it. C Universal Pross Syndicate fresh initiative needed to save Mideast talks the palestinian islamic movement Hamas had Clear political objectives its terrorists murdered four israeli soldiers and a Border policeman in recent Days. It aimed to disrupt the Middle East peace negotiations and to enhance its own standing among palestinians in the occupied territories. Hamas has achieved those objectives. That is the bitter truth that has to be faced after the israeli governments decision to Deport 415 suspected Hamas members. The politics of extremism has won a significant Victory. The huge mass deportation brought protests from the United states the United nations and Humar rights defenders of All kinds. It led Arab delegations to walk out on the last Day of the latest round of peace talks in Washington. The israeli gov eminent expected those protests. It has had them before when it deported palestinians a a total of 66 people expelled from 1967 to last week a and expects the denunciations to fade after a time. But this time the problem is much More difficult. The mainstream palestinians who make up the delegation negotiating in Washington have been put Between a Rock and a hard place. If they come Back to the table after a month or two Hamas will accuse them of forsaking the deportees who May still be camped out in no Many a land on the lebanese Border. If the delegation refuses to resume negotiations it will effectively be ceding leadership to Hamas. Hamas has already gained new support because of the deportations. So Joel Greenberg of the new York times found in the West Bank where political moderation and secularism have been dominant unlike the More fundamentalist Gaza strip. A Young Man in a Mallah said a if the palestinian delegation returns to the table without a return of the deportees they will lose All popular Why then did prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and his Cabinet take this fateful step Why especially a government that is left of Center and includes a significant number of doves who have criticized right Wing governments in the past for deporting palestinians political survival is the reason. The Hamas killings had terrified and outraged israelis. Worst of All was the murder of the Border policeman sgt. Maj. Nissim Toledano who was kidnapped inside Israel proper not in the occupied territories. The government understandably Felt it had to do something. A Rabin acted quickly in self defense of his government a Yaron Ezra i an israeli political scientist now visiting at Princeton University in new Jersey said. A the has begun to educate the israeli Public in moves that would require fateful territorial concessions Espe Anthony Lewis scially on the syrian front. And he knows he cannot do that without an enhanced sense of professor Ezra i is a supporter of negotiation and Compromise with the arabs. But he said that in this situation the governments Choice among evils a the Choice of deportation a was better than possible alternatives such As relaxing the rules on when soldiers patrolling in the occupied territories May fire. A very different View was expressed by a founder of the peace now movement Tali Reshey. A it was a crucial mistake a Reshey said of the deportations. A we All agree that we have to fight the horror of Hamas. But this will not help. It will rather help Hamas in its Battle with the Plo for palestinian leadership. A and mass deportation paves the Way for a future government of Israel a right Wing government to use the precedent and take it further to mass Transfer. If you can Transfer 400 people without a trial without evidence without even a claim that they Are terrorists Why not 4,000, or 40,000? it is a Black Day for my the events of the last week could Well bring nearer the return of a right Wing israeli government led by the liked. Hamas is in an ironic sense an ally of the liked arousing the fears that turn israeli voters to the right. If anything is to be saved from this disaster a if peace is to have a Chance a there will have to be fresh action from Washington. On this As on so Many other issues the world Waits for Bill Clinton. Catho now York tunes
