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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best face on a bad situation. The bold steps taken at Camp David seven years ago have yet to flower into a broader agreement. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon has stalled even the warming between Israel and Egypt. And even the latest initiative by former foes Jordanian King Hussein and PLO head Arafat has met with skepticism from most Israelis...

Author: By Gilad Y. Ohana, | Title: Hollow Optimism | 4/16/1985 | See Source »

After last week's victory, Saddam was cheered by a four-hour visit from two of his supporters, Jordan's King Hussein and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. The two had been conferring in the Jordanian capital of Amman and decided, without advance notice, to fly to Baghdad for consultations. One of Mubarak's key objectives was to persuade Saddam to renew diplomatic relations with Egypt, which were severed in 1977 at a time when Egypt was making peace overtures toward Israel. He was not quite ready to take that step at the moment, Saddam told his visitors; what really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Carnage in the Marshes | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...first step toward bringing the U.S. into the arena was taken in February by Jordan's King Hussein, who wooed Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat into an ambiguous agreement to pursue peace with Israel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is working to thaw the "cold peace" with Israel by exchanging emissaries with Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Mubarak later flew to Washington to make a personal plea to President Reagan for renewed U.S. involvement. Then, last week, the globe-trotting Egyptian leader joined King Hussein on a trip to Baghdad to enlist the support of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Not since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing a New Mideast Role | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

While the newest Arab initiatives imply an awakening sense of responsibility, they leave unresolved a number of critical issues. The Hussein-Arafat agreement suggested that a Jordanian-Palestinian team, selected by the two leaders, be empowered to negotiate with Israel and the U.S. in a U.N. conference. Reagan indicated last week that the U.S. might meet with such a delegation if that would further direct negotiations with Israel. But no meeting could include members of the P.L.O., with which the U.S. and Israel refuse to bargain. Hussein and Arafat also endorsed a confederation of Jordan and a Palestinian state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing a New Mideast Role | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Mubarak, surprised by the cool reception his plan got in Washington, called the U.S. attitude "almost . . . defeatist." He flew off to Jordan for a meeting with Hussein, then headed with the King on a surprise trip to Iraq where he urged President Saddam Hussein to join the peace process. After years of taking a hard-line stand against negotiations with Israel, Iraq appears to be changing its tune. Iraq's President wants his country to be in the mainstream of the Arab world and not to be linked with the likes of Libya and Syria. "In the past," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing a New Mideast Role | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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