Word: go-between
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...fifth trip to Beirut to negotiate for the freedom of other hostages when he was kidnapped in January 1987. British diplomats and friends in Lebanon had warned him not to return, saying the situation was too dangerous. Waite ignored them. He vanished while waiting in a go-between's home to meet representatives of Islamic Jihad. For years no faction claimed to be holding him, and nothing was heard of him. Many Western officials privately concluded he had been killed, possibly because he was suspected of working with the Reagan Administration in the arms-for-hostages swap with Iran...
...count on him to resolve financial, political and family problems. A word from al-Husseini can even take the heat off Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israelis. Admirers and foes alike find al- Husseini decent and sincere. That is little solace. Al-Husseini likens his role as go-between to that of a mountain climber: "I need to think only about not falling...
Finally, Ivanov said, a U.S. role as go-between for the two nations would benefit the U.S., as reduced tensions in the North Pacific would allow it "to cut its defense spending and have more money to compete [economically] with Japan...
...P.L.O. leader argues in his defense that his refusal to lambaste Saddam allows him to play a crucial role as a go-between. Arafat has regular communications with Saddam and has been in constant, if discreet, touch with some leaders in Riyadh through Saudi envoys. And despite the official break in the U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue last June, Arafat has kept up informal but regular contacts with the Bush Administration through back channels...
With the Swedish government acting as a go-between, the U.S. group traveled to the Scandinavian capital to seek clarification of the resolutions adopted in Algiers last month by the P.L.O.'s parliament, the Palestine National Council (P.N.C.). Those statements were widely regarded as a positive but still ambiguous step forward. Arafat responded by endorsing yet another four- point statement, this one hammered out with the Jewish leaders. It stated clearly that the P.L.O. agreed to negotiations on the basis of U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338, "accepted the existence of Israel," rejected terrorism and called for a solution...