Word: charter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hour into the return trip home, a Frito Lay truck smashed into the right side of the association's Century charter bus in Bronx...
...that the vote clears the way for Israeli troop withdrawals. Netanyahu made compliance conditional upon the Palestinians' voting to revoke anti-Israel clauses of their national charter -- something Washington says Arafat's people have already done. "The delays we've already seen from the Israelis suggest that there'll be more," says Beyer. "But at least the cabinet vote has cleared the first obstacle to implementing the deal." Still, Yasser Arafat may be hoping Saddam doesn't play ball any time soon...
...Netanyahu sees the agenda for a Palestinian National Council session to be addressed by President Clinton in December as a deal breaker. The Israelis insist the PNC must vote to excise anti-Israel clauses from its charter; the Palestinians (with Washington concurring) say they already have, and don't intend to vote again. "The only reason to repeat the vote would be because the Israelis are telling them to," says Beyer. "It's an issue of dignity -- the Palestinians can't be expected to do whatever the Israelis say, no matter how ridiculous." So who needs Hamas? The peace process...
...Thursday morning, Clinton climbed from his helicopter and told aides, "It's now or never." With agreement on the land-for-security swap in hand, the emotional issues of returning Palestinian prisoners and revising the P.L.O. charter calling for Israel's destruction became the focus. At the end of lunch, Arafat and Netanyahu sat down without Clinton and slogged through details for two hours. When they got testy, Clinton stepped back...
...they got back to work. No one slept. The Israelis agreed to a phased release of some Palestinian prisoners. The Palestinians agreed to rethink the language of their charter but couldn't see a way to amend it. Once before, Arafat had summoned the Palestine National Council, many of whose members loathe the peace process, to change the charter. Reconvening them would be an embarrassment--and a danger. Clinton suggested a way out: he would fly to Gaza to speak to the council when it met. At dawn Friday, Arafat, Netanyahu and Clinton shook on a deal...