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...June Hussein and Arafat asked that a summit be convened, mainly to bring a halt to attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut by Syrian-backed Shi'ite Muslim Amal militiamen. Moreover, the two leaders saw an opportunity to win broader Arab support for their initiative...
...both men, the major problem has long been the attitude of Syria, which has charged that in seeking peace with Israel, Hussein and Arafat are defying the collective Arab will and following in the heretical steps of the late President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. In Hussein's view, Arab League backing would put pressure on Washington to take a more positive action on the peace initiative. The Jordanians also hoped that Hussein's demonstration of leadership could ease Washington's fears that Syrian President Hafez Assad will stifle the peace momentum...
...hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise liner (see following story). In addition, the Administration suffered a painful and perhaps unnecessary blow last week to its Middle East peace efforts as Congress effectively squelched, at least until March 1, a $1.5 billion U.S. arms deal with Jordan's King Hussein. But there were indisputable waftings of renewed optimism surrounding the prospects for the violent and volatile region. Items...
...most accommodating public statements ever made by an Israeli leader on the subject of the peace process. Recalling the late Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Israel in 1977, Peres pledged to go to Jordan "or any location" to hold direct peace negotiations with King Hussein before the end of 1985. For the first time, Peres also gave partial support to Hussein's long-standing insistence on an international peace conference as a forum for solving the Middle East's problems. The Israeli Labor Party leader's offer was speedily denounced back home by hard-line members of the other...
...Amman, Peres' speech drew a surprisingly favorable response from Hussein. In an interview with the New York Times, the Jordanian monarch called the Israeli offer "a positive one in its spirit," even though it failed in "meeting the needs of the moment." Peres, in turn, was described as "positively surprised" by Hussein's receptiveness...