Word: beyers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
JERUSALEM: Israel may have threatened to walk out on Wednesday, but back home in the Mideast the peace talks are a big yawn. "Regardless of the hype coming from the White House, there's no great sense of expectation on either side here," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "Whether or not the talks reach agreement, nobody here is going to see that as a big deal...
...talks. Israel wants Arafat to clamp down hard on his Hamas opponents; Arafat is reluctant to take unpopular steps on behalf of an Israeli government he doesn't trust. "Arafat has lost hope that he can make significant progress with Netanyahu," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "He's unlikely to make unpopular decisions for a deal he doesn't believe Netanyahu will keep anyway." Arafat's reported illness and the expiry of Clinton and Netanyahu's terms in 2000, says Beyer, mean that "final-status peace arrangements will, by definition, be left to a new cast of characters...
...Israeli town when he tossed two hand grenades into a crowded bus station on Monday, as deadlocked talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat at Wye Plantation were extended until Tuesday. "This isn't going to affect the outcome at Wye," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "Even before the attack, it looked unlikely they'd reach a deal...
Bill Clinton can forget about repeating Jimmy Carter's Camp David Mideast breakthrough. Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat arrived at the White House Thursday to open crucial summit talks that will continue at Wye Plantation, Maryland. "Don't expect much," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "Washington had hoped much of the agreement would have been worked out by the time talks began, and that hasn't happened...
...begun to talk about the third one prescribed in the Oslo Accords. And with next May's "final status" agreement deadline looming, Netanyahu refuses even to discuss some issues specified by Oslo, such as the status of Jerusalem. "These two leaders are unlikely to reach a final agreement," says Beyer. "But as long as the talks don't end in curses and threats, Washington will announce that there's been important progress and that talks will continue." Because in many minds, all that's left of Mideast peace is the process itself...