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...Palestinians in Israel since Benjamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister, Yasser Arafat has decided to try a different tack. In a letter to the President Clinton released today, Arafat asked for the U.S. President's help in persuading Netanyahu to block further Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli plans to build more homes and settle more citizens in the West Bank and Gaza have created "an atmosphere of distrust and lack of confidence in the peace process, " wrote Arafat. Arafat also asked Clinton for his help in keeping Israel to the letter and spirit of the Palestinian...
...Palestinians in Israel since Benjamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister, Yasser Arafat has decided to try a different tack. In a letter to the President Clinton released today, Arafat asked for the U.S. President's help in persuading Netanyahu to block further Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli plans to build more homes and settle more citizens in the West Bank and Gaza have created "an atmosphere of distrust and lack of confidence in the peace process, " wrote Arafat. Arafat also asked Clinton for his help in keeping Israel to the letter and spirit of the Palestinian...
JERUSALEM: The four-year moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank may be over. Israeli Army radio reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is living up to his hardline promises and is expected to allow new settlements and construction by the end of the week. Netanhayu has repeatedly promised to expand Jewish settlement in spite of stiff opposition from the Palestinian Authority, which sees more Israeli settlers as obstacles to a Palestinian state. "Netanyahu's decision to expand settlements is going to create trouble," says TIME's Jamil Hamad in Jerusalem. "The Palestinians...
EREZ CHECKPOINT, Gaza Strip: The Likud opened the path to negotiations with Palestinians Tuesday with the meeting between Foreign Minister David Levy and Yasser Arafat. It is the first time a high-level official from Benjamin Netanyahu's newly-elected government has met with the man long branded a terrorist by the Likud. "The importance of this meeting is that it took place," reports TIME's Eric Silver. "They broke the ice. It was successful in that they both shook hands warmly and seemed to have a good rapport." After Tuesday's meeting, Silver says, the Likud will have...
...next breath, Netanyahu rendered his own promise meaningless: he said any agreement with Syria would involve Israel retaining control of the Golan Heights, that his government is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state and that he will expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer: "If Netanyahu won't consider trading land for peace -->