Word: intifadeh
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Dates: during 1988-1988
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...P.L.O., the timing could not be more favorable. The meeting will come only a week before the first anniversary of the Palestinian intifadeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. That uprising, more than any other event, has thrust the Palestinian issue to the forefront of the international agenda. Just as repressive Israeli measures altered some perceptions about the Palestinians and generally bolstered international sympathy for their cause, Shultz's refusal to grant a visa put Arafat in the headlines and renewed debate on whether the U.S. should acknowledge the P.L.O. as the sole representative of the Palestinian...
...General Assembly decides to provide the P. L. O. chairman with a pulpit in Geneva, the U. S. comes under political and legal fire. -- A case for opening talks with the P. L. O. -- One Palestinian family' s struggle demonstrates why the intifadeh burns on and on. -- A flicker of opposition introduces democracy to a session of the Supreme Soviet. -- Italy' s great heroin scourge...
...intifadeh, pressure from Muslims and Jews, and fears of emigration and community decline cast a pall on celebrations by Christians in the Holy Land...
...dealing with murderous thugs implacably dedicated to Israel's destruction. But now, though the P.L.O. has yet to meet all the conditions that would make it a fit participant in formal peace negotiations, a new approach seems to be warranted. A series of events during the year of the intifadeh makes it in America's interest to engage in talks with the P.L.O., even if they are only exploratory and informal...
...intifadeh has served to moderate P.L.O. goals, because the residents of the occupied territories who are involved in the uprising are more willing than exiled Palestinians to accept coexistence with Israel. In addition, the longevity of the intifadeh has underscored the difficulty of continuing to defer the Palestinian question...