Word: arafats
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...usual during the 36-hour Middle East summit at the White House last week. Each of the leaders taking part in the meeting and most of the millions watching it held in their mind an image of that awe-inspiring 1993 handshake on the South Lawn. Now, however, Yasser Arafat was face to face with Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of a very different Israeli government, and most onlookers hoped the magic of a handshake might cast another spell. In the closing moments outside the White House on Wednesday, Netanyahu grasped Arafat's hand and pumped it, adding his left hand...
...Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to be host unless Netanyahu agreed in advance to some substantive concessions, which he did not. Since speed was essential, Clinton accepted Secretary of State Warren Christopher's suggestion that the U.S. President convene the summit in Washington. The invitations went out. But Arafat delayed his response as long as he could, hoping for some sign of concessions from Netanyahu...
...Arafat spent much of Monday, Sept. 30, in the grand salon of Mubarak's summer residence near Alexandria. He said he felt he could go to Washington only if Mubarak joined him there. But Mubarak did not believe Netanyahu would agree to any concessions, and he declined an invitation to the summit. Mubarak, aides indicated, was no longer willing to take domestic political risks for a peace process stalled by Israel. But the Egyptian President insisted that Arafat go anyway. "Mubarak spent three hours convincing him he should," says an Egyptian official. "Mubarak told him, 'You have a cause...
Instead of whining, we should feel fortunate that, thanks to the Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School, we as Harvard students have the unique opportunity to interact on a regular basis with prominent political figures such as Mrs. Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and the Hon. Dali Lama...
...incidentally, than any entirely licit move made by Mayor Olmert. Indeed, the Palestinian Authority is barred by the Oslo Accords from establishing any official presence whatsoever in Jerusalem. Should we be so shocked, then, that the city's legitimate government is making reasonable municipal decisions without first consulting Yasser Arafat and his ministers...