WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Biggest Coalition Partner Threatens to Leave Barak UPI Saturday, July 8, 2000 TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak's biggest coalition partner, Shas, Friday threatened to withdraw its support unless Barak and the party reached an agreement on "red lines" for concessions at the upcoming Camp David summit. Shas issued the threat four days before President Clinton was scheduled to open the meetings with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and Barak. The Council of Torah Scholars, the group of rabbis that guides Shas politicians, said the dangers Israel would face at Camp David are so great that it wants Barak, "to slow down the process and check first with experts who have different opinions what is good for the Jewish people." The rabbis argued there are dangers in keeping occupied territories, but also in ceding them under a peace agreement. There is a need for "a decision on what is less dangerous." The statement said the council believed "there is room to compromise on territories but there should be no compromise on our brothers' safety in each and every place and especially in strategic places." According to the Israeli army there are 183 settlements with 205,000 settles in the West Bank. Shas spokesman Itzik Sudri told UPI his party has always demanded "full cooperation with all that is connected with the peace process. This hasn't happened yet. ... No one except Barak knows what he is willing to give (the Palestinians)." Therefore the rabbis' demanded that, "Before he leaves, (Barak) draw red lines that would be acceptable to us. "We cannot assume responsibility for a secret plan that could entail irreparable developments or damage." The demands reflected Shas' unease. Sudri said they believe the summit is premature because the gaps between Israel and the Palestinians are too great. The Israeli leaders must agree on their bottom lines before setting out for Camp David, since once they are at the U.S. presidential retreat the decision makers will be under pressure to yield more. Sudri said they want Barak to meet Yishai, the inner political-security cabinet, and the coalition leaders, to determine the bottom lines. "Let him clarify it by Sunday or else Shas leaves the government," Health Minister Shlomo Benizri warned. Sudri said such a resignation would find Shas in the opposition. "Quitting means quitting the coalition as well," he said. The Shas threat was issued as the Russian immigrant's Yisrael Baaliyah intends to quit Sunday morning and the National Religious Party is convening its Central Committee Sunday afternoon to approve its defection. The Yisrael Baaliyah and NRP walk-out would leave Barak at the head of a minority government but with enough external support to continue the peace process. A Shas walk-out would aggravate his situation. 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