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...posters were advertising a lecture by a prominent human rights speaker about the psychological effects suffered by Palestinian children under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This is not the first time the Society has faced such a problem. In fact, on numerous occasions in the past two years, SAS posters were torn down from kiosks and bulletin boards. We do not view this as a mere coincidence...
...Jerusalem in 1977, Begin found it a gesture so bold and imaginative that he signed a peace treaty with Egypt. In exchange for normal relations, Israel pledged to return the Sinai peninsula to Egypt and to participate in negotiations to determine the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It was a daring gamble that would ensure both men a place in history and a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. But by the time Begin died last week at the age of 78, the magic of that moment had long since faded...
United States Secretary of State James A. Baker III announced Monday that the U.S. will tie loan guarantees to an agreement to halt Jewish settlement in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
When Palestinian-Israeli violence does occur, however, it is for the most part limited to certain areas--the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem--and to those most intimately connected with the conflict--Israeli soldiers and settlers and the Palestinian youths who engage in most of the violence of the intifada. If you're not in one of these high-risk groups, life is relatively normal...
...Palestinians boycotted the two-day meeting because Russia and the U.S. backed Israel's refusal to admit representatives from outside the occupied West Bank and Gaza. But the absent Palestinians may have scored a small success. U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and senior Russian officials said they would favor allowing Palestinians from outside the occupied territories to join the working groups on some regional issues, such as refugees and economic cooperation...