Word: arafats
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According to the original plan, by now Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat should be ensconced in new headquarters in the West Bank, overseeing Palestinian self-rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation authorities should be leaving those enclaves as the two sides prepare for an expansion of Arafat's authority into the whole of the West Bank by summertime. Instead, Arafat remains in exile, occupiers continue to control every aspect of Palestinian life, and the Israelis say it could take the rest of the year to implement autonomy in just these two areas. No wonder Palestinian...
...Cairo last week Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres shook hands on a new agreement they insisted had brought the stalled peace plan much closer to fruition. Negotiated with the help of Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and President Hosni Mubarak, the accord settled a number of sticky disputes that have delayed the transfer of power, notably concerns about the safety of Jewish settlers in the enclaves and the control of border crossings into the occupied territories. But the pact leaves to further negotiations numerous other issues, including the size of the Jericho district and economic relationships. Until they...
Asked about the issues of peace and trust, Peres mentioned a meeting between himself and Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization...
...Arafat kept asking me, 'Don't you trust me?"' Peres said. "Unfortunately, my reply was, 'No, we cannot trust you because you cannot trust... all [the Palestinians...
...persisting that current Secretary Warren Christopher's position is shaky, Brown seems to be building his resume. Instead of seeing simply trade ministers on his trips abroad, Brown has in the past few months met with a series of dignitaries and heads of state, such as Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk...