Word: jericho
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...territories that Israel captured in the 1967 war. He and his colleagues will have to construct a functioning government on the first bits of occupied land handed back for Palestinian self-rule. In the teeming and poverty-ridden Gaza Strip and the tiny West Bank enclave of Jericho, the P.L.O. must prove that it can make a success of governance. If that goes well, Israel has promised to hand over the whole of the occupied West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, to Palestinian administration. But if Arafat and his comrades prove unable to keep order and build a viable society...
Though Arafat's arrival in the Gaza Strip marked another step toward the beginning of Palestinian self-rule, much remains to be done. Public security was successfully handed over to Palestinian security forces in May. But civilian administration of Gaza and Jericho -- in such matters as education, health, taxation, postal service -- has remained in limbo. Arafat has named 18 of the 24 members of the Palestinian Authority that will administer the areas until elections are held, but they have established no real control yet. Hours before Arafat's appearance last week, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, a former Palestinian negotiator, said...
...Warsaw Pact only four years ago. Unfortunately, the Palestinians have little to attract foreign interest in their future. With few skilled workers, continuing social unrest, and a nation spread out over several territories, it's no wonder that General Electric and AT&T aren't flocking to Jericho as they did to Budapest and Prague...
Yasser Arafat's plane staged a flyover near -- but not too near -- disputed Jerusalem on the way to the PLO chairman's swearing-in as leader of his ancestral Palestinian homeland. In Jericho, Arafat led12 members of the Palestine National Authority in the oath of office for the self-rule government, despite complaints that Israeli officials had allowed Jewish militants to block thousands of Palestinians from the modest ceremony. Next stop for Arafat: Paris, where he'll receive a U.N. Peace Prize with Israeli leaders Wednesday. He's likely to use the platform to wangle slow-coming international financial...
Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization resumed stalled talks about autonomy for the occupied territories, and the PLO's top negotiator hinted that Yasser Arafat is poised for a long-awaited return to Jericho next month. The Israelis, who had wanted to test-run Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho, said they were ready to talk about a quick expansion of self-rule to the rest of the West Bank. In turn, Arafat might settle in Jericho in mid-July -- as long as he and other Palestinians are guaranteed "safe passage roads" between the two independent zones...