Word: arafats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Likud campaign responds by painting Peres as Pollyannaish, irresponsible and apt to sell out Israel's interests to the Arabs. One ad shows him walking hand in hand with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and calls the two "a dangerous couple." As for convincing undecideds that Netanyahu is up to the job, the Likud's greatest obstacle is his relative inexperience; his only public service has been as charge at the Israeli embassy in Washington, U.N. ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister and Knesset member. To make the 47-year-old candidate appear more statesmanlike, Likud ads place him in a wood-paneled...
...peace agreements that established Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to the party's new platform, a Likud government would "honor international agreements" and "recognize the facts created on the ground by the various accords." Netanyahu, having said he would never meet with Yasser Arafat, was compelled to concede that he might...
...between the people and the resistance. But the resistance is now more popular than ever. They wanted to terrorize civilians so they would demonstrate on the streets to demand the disarming of Hizballah. They wanted a clash between the resistance and the government in Lebanon--just as Israel persuaded Arafat to fight Hamas. None of these goals were achieved...
...Palestinian local community." The troop re-deployment was supposed to have started in the end of March, but February's string of suicide bombings has delayed the process. Peres has vowed to begin the withdrawal, agreed to in the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, before the election. PLO leader Yaser Arafat, however, said he would be happy with a gradual approach beginning after the election, sources told the Jersalem Post. Hebron is the last West Bank city under Israeli control, and the only place in theWest Bank where Jews and Arabs live in such close proximity. About 450 Jewish settlers live...
...confidence that they have made the right choice." Peres thanked Clinton for the support the U.S. has given Israel and said he hoped today's pact will conclude "a history of bloodshed." The agreement was signed just one day before a scheduled White House visit from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Clinton said he would commend Arafat for last week's vote by the Palestine National Council to remove language in its charter that calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Peres also had praise for the PLO for its anti-terrorist efforts: "We have to encourage the winds...