Word: jericho
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Rabin was already frustrated by persistent militant attacks despite Israel's / withdrawal from the self-rule zones in the Gaza Strip and Jericho last May. Islamic extremists, who oppose Arafat's peace agreement with Israel and hope to sabotage it through violence, are concentrated in the Strip and use the newly autonomous area as a sanctuary. Says a Hamas activist in Gaza City: "Before, the Israeli army would chase our fighters, besiege their hideouts and catch them. Now those fighting the jihad can attack and then go back to their homes." Arafat's administration has been reluctant to confront...
...mean to imply that Arafat ordred the kindapping he is responsible for controlling terrorist activities in the self-rule areas of Gaza and Jericho. It is his negligence that has allowed Hamas to flourish over the past several months, and the murder of Sergeant Waxman is a direct result of Arafat's irresponsible conduct...
About 40 people finally got refunds yesterday for $12 and $15 tickets to a 1977 Elvis concert in Jericho, New York, canceled after Presley died six days earlier. Refunds were not adjusted for inflation...
...Jordan's King Hussein and Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin warmly pledged an end to a state of war and the beginning of an era of cooperation. Following so quickly on the return of Yasser Arafat and officials of his Palestine Liberation Organization to the Gaza Strip and Jericho, last week's handshake confirmed that the mood in the region is shifting strongly toward peace...
...agreements between the two sides. The leaders will address a joint session of Congress and be guests of honor at a White House dinner. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meanwhile were meeting in Cairo to discuss expanding Palestinian self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank beyond the town of Jericho, and other security issues...