JERUSALEM Apr 2 The first Norwegian observer*, packing pistols but little au thority will arrive within a week in the tense West Bank town of Hebron where an extremist Muslim group threatened Friday to kill them, reports AP

A statement distributed by the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, a small group that opposes the peace process warned Norway not to send its observer* 'because our priority will be to kill them ’

The PLO and Israel agreed to deploy 160 observer* from Norway Denmark and Italy in Hebron as part of a deal to restart peace talks They will

carry pistols and wear uni forma but will not be allowed to intervene in violence

What exactly they can do is still unclear, and laraelis and Palestinian* already disagree The issue is especially sen si Ove since Israel has never ac cepted armed foreign forces tn the Territories arguing that would challenge it* soverei

There was no immediate reaction to the death threat Muslim fundamentalist groups officially oppose appeasement with Israel but the main Muslim militant movement Hamas has indicated It will. cooperate with any Israel PLO

agreement

Although Islamic Jihad is smaller than Hamas it has carried out attacks In the past and is strong in Hebron

Its statement also warned Palestinians against joining the Arab police force that is expected to deploy in the Gaza Stop and the Jericho are of the West Bank next week as part of newly negotiated secu rity arrangements for Palestinians It charged the police farce was In 'collusion with Israeli intelligence and its agents

Hebron has been especially volatile since a Jewish settler killed 30 Palestinians worship Ing in s mosque February 25 Palestinian* have demanded that Israel remove the 450 set tier* living among the city s 80.000 Arab resident*

In Tel Aviv. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assured right wing leader* Friday that there were no plana to evacuate the settler* But Israel * Channel Two television, citing sources close to the prime minister, said Rabin Intended to remove the *ettlers once the army withdraws from Gaza and Jericho

In-Cairo. PLO official* said Kjell Johansen, head of Norway * contingent, would arrive Sunday to set up a •cheduie for the deployment of the monitor* Johanaen. who

was chief of UN police in the former Yugoslavia could be in fiuential In helping determine the observers role

The Norwegians are ready and I hope they will be there very soon chief PLO negotla tor Nabil Shaath said Friday He said the target was as soon as possible, no later than a week

Denmark which Is con tributing 35 observers, also Is sending a delegation to Cairo on Sunday Thirty five ob servers will tie Italian and the remaining 90 will be from Norway

In another development, the PLO ordered offices of Its mainstream Fatah organisation

to close In protest over Israeli actions against its members Sources however. Indicated the closure was prompted by Infighting among Palestinians

The Palestinian sources said the orders to close nine Fatah offices In the occupied West Hank and six In the Gaza Strip were part of the struggle that has plagued the PLO since it started negotiating Palestinian autonomy with Israel

The struggle is between Io cal Palestinians who have paid a heavy price in jail lime and casualties during a six year uprising, and Tunisia baaed PLO bureaucrats who will be tn charge when seif rule begins