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...bring any stability to the area. Israel prefers for the moment to concentrate on its domestic economic problems, notably the inflation that at one point last year hit annual rates as high as 1,260%. That means the problem of the Palestinians on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has been shoved even further onto the back burner: an act of faith is required to believe that it will remain quiet...
...animosities within the P.L.O. were tragically reflected last week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, pro-Arafat and anti-Arafat Palestinian students held noisy rallies at Bir Zeit University, northeast of Jerusalem. After the demonstration, some of the students began stoning cars; Israeli soldiers pushed the students back onto the campus. The Palestinians threw rocks at the Israelis, who responded with tear gas. An Israeli army spokesman said that the soldiers had to fire to "extricate themselves" from the crowd, but a television clip showed one soldier at the head of a squad approach...
...PL.O.'s divisions were evident from the start of the five-day Amman conference, when roll call was taken and the names of missing delegates echoed through the Hussein Sports City auditorium. Since the Israelis would not allow the 180 delegates who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to attend, only 249 members of the 374-seat council were needed for a quorum. To cobble the necessary numbers, Arafat aides persuaded the deputy speaker to appoint several dozen loyalists temporarily to vacant seats. On the second day the delegates voted to dismiss Khaled Fahoum, the council speaker...
...could accomplish. The united front undoubtedly strengthens Arafat's hand in his struggle against As sad for the soul of the P.L.O. For his part, Mubarak supports the 1982 Reagan peace plan, which calls for establishing an autonomous Palestinian confederation by linking the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza to Jordan. He hopes that by joining forces with Amman he can build momentum for talks with Israel. According to diplomats in Amman, however, Hussein may have different motives for embracing Egypt. He may want to deflect U.S. disapproval if, as some diplomats expect, he decides to buy weapons from...
...want to get rid of all the Arabs." As his first act in the Knesset, he vowed, he would propose a bill to expel the 700,000 Arabs who are Israeli citizens, as well as the 1.3 million who live in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...