Word: gaza
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When I began Harvard in the fall of '89, the Soviet Union was still referred to as "The Evil Empire," South African democracy was an oxymoron, the Berlin Wall was still a wall and Palestinian resistance to Israel's presence in Gaza and the West Bank was at an all-time high...
...ruler of anything was in the refugee camps of Lebanon before the 1982 Israeli invasion. Some of his opponents argue that Arafat's prolonged exile in Tunis has left him detached from the day to day problems faced by Palestinians still living in the West Bank and Gaza. The Intifadah, a significant force behind Israel's decision to negotiate with the P.L.O., began locally and spontaneously--not as a strategy handed down from the leaders of the P.L.O. And as the P.L.O.'s financial resources dwindled in the aftermath of its support of Saddam Hussein, it was forced to severely...
...huge extent by Hamas, a radical Islamic fundamentalist organization that utterly rejects the principles agreed upon last week. Hamas (which has links to Islamic fundamentalist organizations in Egypt and throughout the Middle East) has successfully built a strong core of supporters throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas candidates have beaten P.L.O. candidates in local city elections within the territories and are rapidly amassing the kind of financial resources that once characterized the P.L.O...
Most of the faculty interviewed last week say provisions to implement the long-awaited peace still have to be negotiated. The most important, they agree, are arrangements for security and economic aid in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Leonard J.Hausman said he is extremely optimistic becausethe economic assistance is beginning--in the formof joint business ventures between Arab andIsraeli businesses for the benefit of the WestBank and the Gaza strip...