Word: gaza
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That effort began last February shortly after the split between Hussein and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who had failed in their efforts to pursue a joint peace strategy. The collapse of that coalition has deepened the existing political divisions among the 1.3 million Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Declaring that his aim is to "revive the Palestinian economy," the King announced several weeks ago a contribution of $34 million toward a $l billion, five-year development plan for the West Bank. Among the goals are a rebuilding of factories, schools and other basic services...
...success. At the close of the first session, Mubarak told reporters, "We have concentrated heavily on the Palestinian issue, which is vitally important for the peace process. I think the Israeli position is improving a lot." For his part, Peres declared that the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip "have a right to participate in the determination of their own future," and that Israelis "have no desire to dominate another people." Later he added, "If we had more time, we would have made more progress. We have reached much more understanding on a very complicated issue...
...various terror groups have different versions of the end of days, but none include a Jewish state. The Achille Lauro hijackers, for example, issued a communique in Cyprus saying they had planned to land at "Ashdod harbor in occupied Palestine." Ashdod is not in the West Bank or Gaza. It is within pre-1967 Israel. If you consider Ashdod "occupied," every inch of Israel is occupied...
...tape turned out to be mbaqanga, or "township jive," from the streets of Soweto. Simon became obsessed. In January 1985, he took off for South Africa and began to record with Soweto's Boyoyo Boys, Tao Ea Matsekha (a group from Lesotho), and General M.D. Shirinda and the Gaza Sisters. "It was very interesting," Simon reports, "but very strange...
...Peres had failed to agree on a means of reviving the Middle East peace process. The Israeli leader, said Hassan, had flatly refused to meet two of the Arab world's fundamental demands: direct negotiations with the P.L.O. and withdrawal from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, which Israel has occupied since 1967. Said the King: "I told him, 'If that is how things are, then goodbye...