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Assuming peace is a reality, some exiled Palestinians could resettle in Israel. Conversely, some Israelis would be allowed to establish communities in the West Bank, where there was a historic Jewish presence-near Hebron for example...
...occupation government collects West Bank taxes and turns back much of the money to Arab communities. But negotiations have to be conducted in Hebrew, with Israeli law as the binding covenant. Rather than accept such conditions, several West Bank towns, including Nablus and Hebron, have refused to accept further aid. The Arab world has rewarded their defiance by "adopting" West Bank municipalities. Hebron has been taken under the wing of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, which is underwriting a $15 million gift. Mayor Freij of Bethlehem, which was adopted by Abu Dhabi, returned last month from...
...there should be territorial compromise for peace. The question is: What will happen within the next year or two?" On the West Bank, Arabs are wondering the same thing. "We want a solution, either by peace or war," says Mayor Mohammed Mousa Ammer of tiny Dura, near Hebron. "Extremism will only hasten...
...emphasis in such matters as the amount of military aid that Jerusalem should request from the U.S. (Peres wanted more than Rabin) and the disengagement with Egypt in the Sinai (Peres wanted greater concessions from Egypt in exchange for a pullback of Israeli forces). Following the recent riots in Hebron, in which both Arab civilians and Israeli soldiers were injured, Rabin publicly attacked Peres' Defense Ministry for its administration of the West Bank...
...Israeli troops and blocking traffic with flaming tires. Army officials insisted that their soldiers had merely fired warning shots. Arab leaders charged that the deaths-which raised the total in West Bank uprisings since February to ten-had been caused deliberately. Curfews were clapped on five Arab cities-including Hebron and Nablus-and at least one refugee camp. Arab politicians, including ones who gained office in last month's anti-Israel municipal-election returns, charged the pacifying forces with storm-trooper tactics. Said Elias Freij, mayor of Bethlehem: "People are fed up with the Israeli occupation and they want...