Word: arafats
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...feel they need anyone's permission." Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had his share of trouble with the settlement issue, exploded over the ambush and broke off a meeting with striking union leaders to discuss the decision with Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. Israel's chief negotiator quickly telephoned Yasser Arafat to assure him of Netanyahu's opposition to the project. A ruffled Arafat was headed to Cairo to discuss the matter with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Beyer thinks the hullabaloo may have a peaceful ending. "The Palestinians are as offended as they possibly can be. Everyone, even Netanyahu, is extremely upset...
...strictly private negotiations, there is really no point in striking dramatic poses and demanding the impossible. So in recent communications with the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat didn't do any posturing and didn't ask Netanyahu to cancel his plan to build Har Homa, a new Jewish settlement in mostly Arab East Jerusalem. Instead, Arafat settled for the art of the possible: he requested that Netanyahu put the project on hold, maybe for six months or so, to allow Palestinian and Israeli negotiators to nudge the stymied peace process forward. Earlier this month...
Edward Abington, the able American consul general in Jerusalem, has the most delicate job in Middle East diplomacy: dealing with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. His job is made even more difficult by the U.S.'s apparent fear of offending Israel. The latest evidence: TIME has learned that Abington was rebuked by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for his statement, quoted in the New York Times May 21, that Israel's settlement expansion in the occupied territories is "ideologically driven" rather than based on natural growth and a demand for housing...
Sooner or later, most icons turn up on postage stamps. The Palestinian Authority, seeking a symbol of sovereignty, put Yasser Arafat's hirsute face on a series of stamps. Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service, eager to display American culture, put Mr. Bugs Bunny on a new stamp this week. That's all, folks...
...another mole is the intercepted phone conversation. During the call, the Israeli intelligence officer in Washington and his superior in Tel Aviv are discussing how they can get their hands on a Jan. 16 letter then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher wrote to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The private letter spelled out U.S. guarantees for Israeli troop withdrawals from the West Bank. The Israeli official in Washington suggested going to Mega for a copy of the letter, but his superior rejected the idea. "This is not something we use Mega for," the Israeli supervisor said, according to the NSA transcript...