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...Israel's first ambassador to the U.N. in 1949. From his Labor seat in parliament, he was named Foreign Minister in 1966 and remained in office for eight years--still a record for that post. After serving as chairman of the Knesset's foreign affairs and defense committee, the dovish Eban left parliament in 1988 after 29 years. He continues to campaign for peace with the Palestinians through speeches and writings. Author of a forthcoming book on post-cold war diplomacy, he's currently in New York City preparing a PBS film on the Middle East peace process. Will...
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres took it all in. The bombers, Islamist radicals determined to wreck the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, had just claimed their 56th victim in nine days. They had turned Israeli public opinion so strongly against Peres' dovish policies that he was in serious danger of losing power in May 29 elections. For the first time, terrorists had put the nascent peace, the project on which Peres' place in history depends, in serious jeopardy...
Recent suicide bombs in Israel bring Paine's words to life once again. The peace process and all the fundamental assumptions that accompanied it have been called into question. Even the steadfast, dovish soldiers of the Left are unsure of the future. The viscious, remorseless behavior of Hamas terrorists tries the souls of those of us who want to believe in the possibility of Middle East peace...
...cool as a cucumber for a very long time. It was clear how he was going to do it. He shoots Rabin with the gun virtually against his skin." Beyer says the tape clearly shows that Yigal Amir, who has confessed to plotting to kill both Rabin and his dovish successor as prime minister, Shimon Peres, had at least two chances to kill Peres as well. "He decided not to kill Peres simply because then he would not have had an opportunity to kill Rabin. But there was nothing to stop him. This is not like the Zapruder film; there...
...schools. Middle East: Another Bombing A Palestinian suicide bombing in the heart of Israel took the lives of 21 Israelis and wounded 64 others, sending waves of shock and fury through the country and threatening to derail the fragile peace process once and for all. Even the normally dovish Israeli President Ezer Weizman joined in the outrage, declaring that peace talks with the p.l.o. should be suspended. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin held firm, however, saying ``There is no alternative.'' Some Cabinet members talked of erecting a fence, policed by border guards and dogs, that would keep West Bank Palestinians from...