Word: arafats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kollek had long been prepared to step down until Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin declared the race a referendum on his agreement with Yasser Arafat to begin limited Palestinian self-rule, and begged Kollek to run again. It was a mistake not even Kollek's legendary charm could reverse. Olmert wisely let the mayor's 82 years speak for themselves: he kept silent on how a conservative Likud government would run the city. While Kollek tried to deflect the inevitable snooze jokes and sought unsuccessfully to woo Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who have traditionally boycotted elections and felt ignored...
...costume, power lawyer Vernon Jordan adopted the uniform of power forward Michael Jordan; he could be seen talking to a helmeted Hope High School Bobcats quarterback who distinctly resembled Mack McLarty. Sandy Berger, the deputy National Security Adviser, turned up as Yasser Arafat, his wife as Yitzhak Rabin. Arkansas pals Diane and Jim Blair pretended to be James Carville and Mary Matalin. Webb Hubbell and his wife came as the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, and one guest, dressed as Lincoln, passed out little cards that read, "They have a nice bedroom in this house...
...would not be happening if the power of Islamic fundamentalists had not become so ominous. The increasing strength of Hamas convinced Israel that it was time to strike a deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, a lesser evil, while there was still a P.L.O. At the same time, Yasser Arafat and the P.L.O. could see that the fundamentalists were gaining on them and that the best way to stay in power was to show some result from their three decades of leadership in the Palestinian cause...
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House's South Lawn just three weeks ago, but Kelman has quietly been bringing together leaders from both Israeli and Arab camps since 1971, employing the ideas of political psychology to help promote understanding between the groups...
Interviews: Arafat and Rabin look ahead...