Word: arafats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lebwohl and Mayers seem to condemn any questioning of Yasir Arafat as "delegitimizing" and an "obstacle...to the peace process" They claim that "despite [a] natural aversion to Arafat the man" Israel must negotiate with him uncomplainingly, without evaluation...
...Arafat: And Hamas didn't sign. But I am representing the Palestinians. And Rabin was representing the Israelis. TIME: Are you satisfied with your own security...
...Arafat: Do you think this is the first time I am facing trouble? [Israeli General Ariel] Sharon was trying to kill me during the siege of Beirut. Did you forget that? Then there was the air raid against my residence in Tunisia. And the crash of my airplane in the desert. I am a strong leader. Yet nobody can escape his destiny. I am a strong believer...
...Arafat: Oh, I can't give you his name. But I have No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5. I am not here with a tank and a coup d'etat. I have been elected in the Palestine National Council. [If something happens], they will call an urgent meeting of the P.N.C. and elect another...
...Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, gathered in Jerusalem as assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was laid to rest on Mount Herzl, burial ground of Israeli heroes. Grieving Israelis exhausted the country's supply of mourning candles and stood weeping as a two-minute siren sounded. p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who did not attend the funeral, later made a quiet 90-minute visit to Tel Aviv to offer condolences to Rabin's widow Leah...