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...very big gamble. Though Rabin's martyrdom has given the peace process a boost, says a U.S. Pentagon official, "the question is, will it outlast the next Palestinian car bomb that kills Israelis? Nobody knows." Earlier terrorist attacks that have killed 150 Israelis since the original Rabin-Arafat accord in September 1993 did more than anything else to turn almost half the Israeli public against those accords...
...them essentially under NATO control.) "We're afraid Clinton will cut some kind of deal and our troops in Germany could be down there [in Bosnia] a few hours after an agreement is signed," says the bill's author, Colorado Republican Representative Joel Hefley. Without those U.S. troops, any accord achieved will probably be impossible to enforce. Unfortunately for Bill Clinton, he can't lock up a recalcitrant Congress at an Air Force base in Ohio...
Negotiators in Dayton appear close to a possible peace accord for the warring Balkan nations. Defense Secretary William Perry and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake flew to the talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Friday while Secretary of State Warren Christopher cut short his trip to the economic summit in Tokyo in order to get back to Dayton that evening. "It's make-or-break at this point," says TIME's Douglas Waller. "They've basically agreed on the major issues and are now quibbling on the minor ones. They are very close, and the only thing missing...
...resolution on crucial questions of territorial control in the former Yugolavia, particularly concerning Sarajevo. "Our negotiating team is certainly willing to work with these parties for the next few days or perhaps into next week," said State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns. But he ruled out a "partial" or "barebones" accord as unacceptable and said that "they can't go home until they reach a full agreement" or simply call it quits. "It is truly unpredictable," says TIME's James Graff. "But American diplomats are hoping to have an agreement by the weekend. I've heard that President Clinton wouldn...
...personal commitment: It's true that the last time I had a vote [on the Oslo accord] in the Knesset, I had a majority of one, 61 against 59. I said then and I said it publicly, As long as I have a majority of one, I will continue...