Word: israell
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...nations during two days of talks was itself a victory. Shamir had feared that President Bush might push an international peace conference, which he had cautiously endorsed during earlier meetings last week with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. And Shamir was deeply aggrieved by another Bush pronouncement, urging Israel to end its "occupation" of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
After the talks, Bush wound up lending qualified support to the one modestly promising part of Shamir's four-point proposal: allowing Palestinians in the occupied territories to elect representatives to negotiate with Israel for some limited "interim" self-rule, as promised more than a decade ago in the Camp David accords. While Shamir again repeated that Israel would never leave those areas, Bush did insist that the U.S. regards any such negotiations as just a first step toward a settlement. But Shamir felt his basic objectives were satisfied. "The Americans certainly don't agree with all of our policies...
Still, Bush said the U.S. would now work with Israel and the Palestinians to reach "a mutually acceptable formula for elections." U.S. officials express hope that such steps can lead to a substantive dialogue between the two parties in the dispute. But they were disappointed that the stubborn Shamir had not displayed enough change "in nuance and tone" to spark some real peace momentum. Despite Administration prodding, Shamir refused to outline what steps he might take toward reducing Israeli brutality against Palestinian demonstrators, such as lifting economic sanctions, reopening schools and putting an end to the demolition of houses. Shamir...
...Bush Administration, such protests are not necessarily all bad. Rather than pressure Shamir directly, Bush's top advisers seem content to let the intifadeh do it for them. "We can let the uprising proceed, let the pressures continue to work on public opinion in Israel and the United States," explains a senior Bush adviser, "and try to channel those pressures in constructive directions." So for the time being, the Administration feels that the best policy is one of patient incrementalism. "The President does not believe conditions now exist for making peace, but he would like to see those conditions fostered...
...Christoffel '69, Naomi A. Schapiro '71, Tom Christoffel (HLS '70), Ken Barnes '70, Judy Lieberman '69, Susan B. McLane '71, Judy L. Harrison, Peter S. wiss, Keith Nelson '65, Judith Larzelere, Kenneth Kronenberg, James klein '71, Paul Robins '70, Norman Daniels '71, Robert Krim '70, Samuel Baker '69, Jared Israel '65-'67, Miles Rapoport '71, John C. Berg (GSAS '75), Milton Kotelchuck (GSAS '72), Bruce C. Allen...