Word: moroccans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Bush had hoped to visit Morocco's King Hassan II, who two weeks ago hosted a surprise meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the Vice President was rebuffed. The Moroccan ruler apparently did not want to create the impression that his diplomatic initiative had been an American invention. In Jordan, Bush met with King Hussein, who earlier dismissed the Vice President's call for a Hussein-Peres meeting. Hussein had pointed out that Jordan's long-standing policy is to reject such negotiations unless held within the context of an international peace conference. Bush did not bring...
...There is no shame in discussing things with one's enemies." So said Morocco's King Hassan II three months ago. Last week he lived up to those words by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. The talks in the Moroccan resort of Ifrane produced little except what one participant described as a promise to "remain in contact." But the fact that the meeting was held at all merits at least a mention in the tortured history of Israel's relations with the Arab world...
...same time, however, Hassan enraged the more radical Arab states. Syria broke off diplomatic relations. In West Beirut, 2,000 members of Hizballah, a militant Shi'ite Muslim faction, stormed the Moroccan embassy, routed its staff and caused extensive damage...
...Israeli leader had any new peace proposals. Movement on general Arab-Israeli talks sputtered to a halt in February, when King Hussein's attempts to launch negotiations involving Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization broke down. Peres entered into tentative contacts, relying on emissaries like Moroccan-born Rafael Edri, chairman of the Labor Party faction in the Knesset...
Courtois introduced an ominous political twist to the proceedings by announcing that he had met Khalki, a Moroccan who espouses the Palestinian cause, when the two were in prison together. "He explained his political battle to me," said Courtois. "Rather than waste my time spending x number of years in prison, I decided to ally myself with his cause." Khalki, who until three weeks ago had been serving time for robbing a post office, then took the floor and proclaimed his allegiance to the Abu Nidal terrorist group, a maverick Palestinian band that is aligned with Libya. Extremely agitated...