Word: husseins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cross an ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away ten miles from here?" That was Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres' reaction last week to the latest developments in a Middle East peace initiative by Jordan's King Hussein that has found qualified acceptance in Washington. Not surprisingly, after years of Jordanian refusal to deal directly with Israel, Peres was skeptical, and so were many of his countrymen...
...maneuvering over the Jordanian proposal, following King Hussein's visit to Washington, coincided with the third anniversary of Israel's invasion of , Lebanon and, at least theoretically, with the end of that ill-fated adventure. The last Israeli units were expected to be withdrawn by the end of last week, although Jerusalem left around 100 soldiers in a "security zone" north of the Israel-Lebanon frontier. That prompted an outcry from Lebanese Shi'ites, who threaten continued warfare until the last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanon...
Administration officials, who had been cautioning against expecting anything of consequence to flow from Hussein's visit, were pleasantly surprised and intrigued. After a boat ride on the Potomac with the King, Secretary of State George Shultz was encouraged by what Hussein had told him about his latest discussions with Arafat. While emphasizing that many diplomatic obstacles remained, Shultz later declared, "There is motion today. The King's visit has given impetus to the process of peacemaking...
...Hussein also delicately redefined his insistence on an international conference as the forum for Israeli-Arab negotiations. The U.S. and Israel have opposed such a framework because it would give the Soviet Union a formal role in Middle East talks; Washington favors direct contacts between Israel and the Arabs. Last week Hussein suggested that he would be willing to negotiate under an international "umbrella." Translation: the primary parties, Israel and the Arabs, would meet face to face under the guidance of the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Said the King: "When I speak of negotiations, I obviously mean...
...charge. Iraq's basic problem is that it desperately wants to end the war it started 56 months ago, but does not know how to achieve that aim. The Iranian leader, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, continues to insist that hostilities will not end until the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has fallen. Some of Khomeini's domestic enemies maintain that another reason for the Ayatullah's inflexibility is that he needs the gulf war to hold his increasingly fractious country together...