Word: gaza
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...broad as ever. At one extreme are those who still oppose any sort of negotiation or compromise, and who talk blindly of rebuilding a military force. But they are increasingly being challenged by Palestinians who realize that Israel is moving inexorably toward annexation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and who are prepared to compromise on certain issues hi order to get a settlement. Says a former West Bank mayor who was banished by the Israelis last year: "If the hard-liners have any alternatives to offer, we will listen. But we are not interested hi dreams...
...best news came, ironically, from Damascus, where leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization strongly criticized President Reagan's Middle East peace plan. Though P.L.O. moderates, including Chairman Yasser Arafat, saw some merit in the plan, which calls for Palestinian self-rule of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in association with Jordan, hard-liners strongly opposed it because it does not provide for an independent Palestinian state. The P.L.O.'s attack on the Reagan plan was fine with Begin, who has denounced it ever since it was offered last September, because he wants to continue to exert Israeli...
Among the reasons for Washington's current state of gloom, the most important is the feeling that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin will never budge in his determination to hold on to the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Beyond that, U.S. officials are worried that Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, may not be in a strong enough position within the P.L.O. to enter into any peace negotiations now. Finally, the U.S. has decided that although such moderate Arab states as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan would like to take advantage of the Reagan initiative, they seem...
...massacre began, about the plan for Lebanese Christian militiamen to enter the Palestinian camps. Sharon had testified that he first broached the subject on the following day. Zeharin also said Eitan had told him that on Saturday morning, Sept. 18, Begin had called Eitan, asking for information about the Gaza Hospital, located in one of the camps where the massacre was going on. Two weeks ago, Begin told the commission that he had not learned about the atrocities until late Saturday, when he heard a BBC newscast. Another witness last week was Communications Minister Mordechai Zipori, who testified that...
...heart of the dispute is the question of the future of the occupied territories. Under the Camp David accords, the U.S. is committed to the achievement of "autonomy" for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, whose population is overwhelmingly Palestinian. President Reagan proposed in September that the West Bank be linked to Jordan in a confederation. There are increasing signs, however, that while the Begin government accepted the principle of autonomy at Camp David, it is in fact aiming for the outright annexation of the West Bank. According to a research project conducted by Meron Benvenisti, a former deputy mayor...