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More and more, that is the pattern of confrontation these days in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Even as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were preparing to resume peace talks set for this week in Washington, their armed compatriots were shooting it out in the territories. The new pattern began to emerge eight months ago, when the Israeli army launched an all-out offensive to end what it describes as the "red intifadeh," resistance by an increasing number of Palestinians who have switched from stones to guns in their fight against the occupation. The army's campaign, which...
...saying, Rabin sought to prepare his people for meaningful negotiations aimed at establishing Palestinian self-rule in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. For the first time in a decade, a government exists that appears able to deliver such a deal. Rabin had originally pledged to form a centrist administration, but having failed to attract the ultra-nationalist Tzomet party into his coalition, he wound up with a left-leaning bloc, the most dovish in Israel's history. Labor's major alignment partner is Meretz, a constellation of peacenik organizations that favors allowing the Palestinians to decide their...
Washington warmly welcomed new Israeli Prime Minister YITZHAK RABIN's decision last week to call a temporary halt to new settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But a major sticking point in U.S.-Israeli relations remains. The White House wants to sell 72 F-15 Eagle bombers to Saudi Arabia. Israel strongly opposes the sale, but McDonnell Douglas and its suppliers have been pressing Bush to let the sale go through. Last week the powerful 800,000- member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers added to the election-year pressure on Bush, insisting that...
...capitals reflects optimism that Rabin can make a difference. Despite his record -- or perhaps because of it -- he may be far more able than Shamir to come to terms with the Arabs. He has pledged not only to grant substantial autonomy to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in the immediate future, but also to give back at least part of the land itself one day. And because of his demonstrated toughness, he is trusted by his compatriots to make a deal that will not sell Israel...
...Hizballah guerrillas in southern Lebanon. So far, 24 people have been killed and 59 wounded. Fighting began after guerrillas attacked Israel's "security zone" inside the Lebanese border. Arab assailants meanwhile stabbed two Israelis to death, a 15-year-old schoolgirl near Tel Aviv and a rabbi in the Gaza Strip. Both murders sparked anti-Arab riots by Israelis. Defense Minister Moshe Arens ordered the Strip sealed off, restricting 700,000 Palestinians to the area...