Word: gaza
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sign a full-fledged treaty the following March, the pact failed to bring about a close relationship between Israel and Egypt. Even the harmony between Sadat and Begin was shaky. Just days before the laureates were named, Israel announced plans to increase Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. As a result, Sadat refused to attend the award ceremony in Oslo...
...ever since has ruled 1.4 million Palestinian Arabs by force. In just six days of fighting, Israel occupied 2,270 sq. mi. of land on the West Bank of the Jordan River, as well as the Golan Heights and the finger of Mediterranean seacoast known as the Gaza Strip. Last week, as Israelis prepared to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Six-Day War, they seemed as determined as ever to hold on to the West Bank...
...crucial question of exchanging occupied lands for peace lies well in the future. But Peres, who has long believed that Israel should be prepared to trade some of the West Bank and Gaza Strip for a settlement, thinks the time is ripe to enter into negotiations. He also knows that Labor now enjoys a strong lead over Likud in public opinion polls. Shamir, for his part, is determined to hang on to every square inch of the territories Israel has occupied since 1967, even though their 1.46 million residents are 96% Palestinian. He refuses to consider negotiations with the Soviets...
Thus the lines are drawn for a fierce political battle. The Likud fears that Peres has already made a deal with Hussein, committing the Labor Party to a territorial compromise over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the price of Jordan's participation. Peres will travel to Washington next week to see Secretary of State George Shultz. The Reagan Administration has been lukewarm about an international conference, but American diplomats in the region have sought dutifully to mediate a workable plan. The last thing Washington wants is to be pitched into the midst of a political battle royal...
After students thundered through his lobby, the manager of the South Padre Hilton resort christened it the Gaza Strip and barricaded one entrance with potted plants. The Holiday Inn signed on 80 additional workers to deal with the overflow of revelers. The Sheraton, its $270-a-night suites jammed, brought in a security force from Dallas...