Word: jerichos
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...have high hopes that the talks will go much faster than the drawn-out negotiations so far. The agreement sealed in Washington on Sept. 13 set a target date of Dec. 13 for Israeli troops to begin leaving and Palestinians to assume self-governance in the Gaza Strip and Jericho as a first step toward autonomy throughout the occupied territories. On Feb. 9, the two sides signed an agreement settling most of the security issues but leaving some details undecided. Palestinians complain that the Israelis have been shying away from anything suggesting they were giving the Palestinians the appurtenances...
...Greater Israel dreams of a few thousand zealots. His reward has been to be jeered by settlers who yell, "Rabin is a traitor!" on his rare visits to their towns. Even so, his government has been assiduous in negotiations about safeguarding the settlers in the Gaza and Jericho areas once the Israeli army withdraws...
Rabin will be under heavy pressure from Palestinians and many Israelis to do something drastic about the settlements now. Yet adding such a volatile issue to the official agenda could easily prevent the quick agreement on Gaza and Jericho that many believe is essential to keep the peace process from collapsing under the weight of last week's slaughter. The U.S. hopes it can resolve the dilemma by shunting the settlement issue over to intense informal discussions as an accompaniment, but not impediment, to the formal talks...
...Arafat's constituents are feeling let down, it is partly because the P.L.O. chairman raised their expectations too high when he made the original agreement with Israel in September. He told them then that he had achieved "sovereignty" in the Gaza Strip and Jericho, when in fact the accord provided only for limited self-rule. Now every missed deadline feeds distrust on each side about the good faith of the other and breeds violence among the disappointed citizens in the territories. While Palestinian factions fight one another in Gaza, a black market in guns is flourishing as ordinary citizens ! seek...
Rabin says it will take at least a month more to resolve the remaining details of the Gaza-Jericho pact. But negotiators on both sides are hoping that after their toughest problems are tamed in Cairo, the rest of the work will go quickly. "I accept his deadline," says P.L.O. senior negotiator Nabil Shaath, "but I hope to beat it." The pace will have to pick up, however, before the goodwill spreads beyond the negotiators to the people whose lives they are shaping...