Word: israel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flirted with trouble, and the extremists had taken advantage. Before the bombing, the U.S. was prepared to lean on Netanyahu to make concessions that would restart negotiations, but now, suddenly, the full weight of American pressure has been shifted onto the Palestinians. In addition, the sting of Israel's reprisals comes at a time when Arafat's government is squirming under revelations of corruption...
Netanyahu indefinitely closed Israel's borders to all Palestinians, putting some 100,000 day laborers out of work. He banned travel within the West Bank, cooping up Palestinians in their hometowns and handicapping normal commerce. For the first time, the Israeli government said it would stop paying out several million dollars it owes the Palestinian Authority in tax refunds. The Israelis also decided to jam broadcasts of the Palestinian Authority's official Voice of Palestine radio station, whose transmissions have recently been filled with anti-Israeli invective...
JERUSALEM: The war of words between Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat continues to heat up, and US special envoy Dennis Ross is flying in to cool things down. He may have his work cut out -- a very real mini-war has already exploded along Israel's northern border...
...first time in 15 months, Katyusha rockets slammed into Israel this morning from Southern Lebanon. Katyushas are the signature weapon of Hizballah, and Israeli warplanes immediately retaliated -- despite the fact that the Islamic militant group had denied responsiblity. Never mind, say the guerillas: since everything's blowing up, we might as well resume rocket attacks after...
...This action, which ends the 1996 ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah, may merely mean a return to business as usual. But it couldn't have come at a worse time. TIME's West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad reports that resentment is brewing in Palestinian territory: "there is a prevailing feeling of despair, frustration and anger," says Hamad. By Sunday, even Dennis Ross may be powerless to prevent the pot boiling over...