Word: gaza
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According to the original plan, by now Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat should be ensconced in new headquarters in the West Bank, overseeing Palestinian self-rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation authorities should be leaving those enclaves as the two sides prepare for an expansion of Arafat's authority into the whole of the West Bank by summertime. Instead, Arafat remains in exile, occupiers continue to control every aspect of Palestinian life, and the Israelis say it could take the rest of the year to implement autonomy in just these two areas. No wonder Palestinian...
...territories, who think its terms tilt heavily in Israel's favor. "We got almost everything we wanted," says Uri Dromi, head of Israel's government press office. "Why should I apologize for our success?" That is just what troubles Dr. Eyad Sarraj, who runs a mental- health clinic in Gaza. "Under this agreement, we will have an occupation in everything but name," he says. "Instead of being next door to me, the Israeli army will be a few meters farther away. Gaza will continue to be a prison, with Israel controlling all our exit points...
After weeks of setbacks, word came from Switzerland that the Middle East peace talks were back on track. But by week's end squabbles over the terms of Palestinian self-rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip had once more brought things to a halt. Exasperated by splits between his Foreign and Defense ministries, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speculated that the present deadlock could last at least another three or four weeks...
...September agreement shows no movement in that direction. There is nothing in the Declaration that renounces Israel's claim to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Nothing has been mentioned about halting settlement activity in the territories...
...withdrawal beyond that of the interim period and therefore does not change the basic situation of the Palestinians. Most will still be living under occupation, but the soldiers will be on the borders rather than in the streets. Many Palestinians fear that nothing will change and that all the Gaza-Jericho plan has done is take away any bargaining power we once...