WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010


KLMNO BY JANINE ZACHARIA


jerusalem — President Obama plunges into Middle East peace- making on Wednesday with a two-day summit he hopes will be the first step in brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace agree- ment within a year. But a deadly shooting in the


West Bank late Tuesday under- scored the threat that extremists pose to the peacemaking effort. Four Israelis, including a preg-


nant woman, were shot dead in a car traveling near theWest Bank city of Hebron, shattering a rela- tive calm that has prevailed in the territory as Palestinian security forces have improved their capa- bilitiesandassertedmoreauthor- ity in areas under their control. Fewer attacks had led to an


easing of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement and im- proved the climate to resume peace talks. The military wing of the Islamist groupHamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, took re- sponsibility for the shooting. All four of the dead were from the West Bank settlement of Beit Ha- gai, witnesses said. AmongObama’s first tasks is to


convince increasingly cynical Is- raeli and Palestinian publics — which have grown weary after 17 years of photo-ops, handshakes and unfulfilled accords — that a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict remains possible. Obama on Wednesday will


hold meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian Presi- dentHosniMubarakandJordan’s King Abdullah II before a dinner at the WhiteHouse. On Thursday, direct negotia-


tions between Israel and the Pal- estinians—stalled for nearly two years — will be formally re- launched in a ceremony at the State Department. Officials in Je- rusalem say Netanyahu and Ab- bas also plan to meet alone while inWashington for an icebreaker. There are many obstacles to


success, most immediate among them the looming Sept. 26 expira- tion of a 10-month Israelimorato- rium on construction in West Bank settlements. Palestinians see such construction as a key obstacle to statehood. Netanyahu doesn’t have


enough support within his gov- ernment to extend the moratori- um, and settler groups have said they will seek to bring down the government if he tries; Abbas says he won’t negotiate with Isra- el if the settlement freeze ends. “Israel will bear the responsi-


bility for the collapse of the nego- tiations if they continue building settlements,” Abbas said in a speech Sunday night. LateTuesday in response to the shooting, the Yesha Council set- tler group announced that it would begin construction Wednesday, before the moratori- umends. The move could complicate


Netanyahu’s meetings in Wash- ington and set up a clash between settlers and the Israeli army, which is supposed to enforce the temporary ban on construction. “The only response that will


show our resolve against terror is to commit ourselves to building,” said Naftali Bennett, director general of the Yesha Council. In a briefing Tuesday with re-


porters in Washington, George J. Mitchell, Obama’s special envoy to the Middle East, said, “Our position on settlements is well known and remains unchanged.” “We’ve always made clear that


the parties should promote an environment that is conducive to negotiations,”Mitchell said. “Our discussions continue with both sides, and they are consistent with and comprise in part the points that I just made.” Beyond the settlement im-


passe, there are questions about Netanyahu’s and Abbas’s capabil- ities and intentions. Even if Abbas is able to negoti-


ate a deal, there are questions about whether it would be possi- ble to implement the agreement when the Gaza Strip is controlled by Abbas’s rival,Hamas. Meanwhile, some observers


say Netanyahu’s own ideology and the pressures of his right- wing coalition won’t permit him to negotiate a peace deal. “We are in the unfortunate


situation where indeed the Unit- ed States does feel a greater sense of urgency than the parties,’’ said Robert Danin, aMiddle East ana- lyst at the Council on Foreign Relations. “Both sides want to avoid being blamed for this pro- cess not moving forward.” Abbas enjoys little popular


support for negotiations, which Palestinians say have failed to produce a state in the 17 years since Israel and the Palestinians signed thelandmarkOslo accords at the WhiteHouse. Last week, Palestinian security


forces violently dispersed a gath- ering in the West Bank city of Ramallah of those who oppose negotiations. “There is zero per-


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cent hope that anything produc- tive will come out of it,” Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian politi- cian, said of the talks. Abbas, too, is highly skeptical


that Netanyahu will offer a deal that the Palestinians can accept. Palestinian observers say the 75- year-old Abbas is traveling to Washington only because he was coerced, not because he believes the talks will lead to an end of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. But others say Netanyahu is more apt to strike a peace deal


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than is widely believed. “To me, the question is not


whether [Netanyahu] will negoti- ate. The question is, is there enough overlap between how far he is willing to go andwhat Abbas will accept?” said Danin,whomet frequently with Netanyahu in re- cent months as a U.S. representa- tive of theMiddle East peacemak- ing body known as the Quartet. In briefing reporters, Mitchell


said that “there is a window of opportunity, a moment in time within which there remains the possibility of achieving the two-


state solution, which is so essen- tial to comprehensive peace in the region.” “Difficult as it may be for both


leaders, and we recognize that difficulty for both of them, the alternatives for them and the members of their societies pose far greater difficulties and far greater problems in the future.” In 2007, President George W.


Bushhosted asummitinAnnapo- lis, Md., attended by dozens of foreign ministers to inaugurate Middle East talks that had been dormant for seven years. Since


EZ RE As Obama takes up Mideast peacemaking, shooting underscores challenges


then, the economic and security climate in the West Bank have improved. Tuesday’s shooting marked the first Israeli civilian casualties there from Palestinian militant attacks in eight months. The Palestinians have a


U.S.-trained security force that has improved lawand order. Eco- nomic growth in the West Bank reached 8.5 percent last year thanks in part to greater freedom of movement. Netanyahu has told his cabinet


he will “surprise” the skeptics.He wants biweekly meetings with


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Abbas to negotiate the core ele- ments of a deal. The Palestinians want a sover-


eign state in the West Bank with East Jerusalem as its capital. Isra- el wants to retain parts of the territory where there are major Jewish settlements. On the issue of Palestinian ref-


ugees, Israel wants them to re- turn to a future state of Palestine; the Palestinians say they have a right to return to Israel itself. zachariaj@washpost.com


Staff writer ScottWilson in Washington and special correspondent Samuel Sockol in Jerusalem contributed to this report.


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