Word: mubarak
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...July 1 deadline for reaching agreement on extending Palestinian self-rule, now limited to the Gaza Strip and Jericho, to the rest of the West Bank. There were strong hints that Israel and Syria would resume talks in Washington. And with Christopher at his side, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak slightly softened Cairo's refusal to vote for an extension of the 25-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty unless Israel joins...
...another incident like the bombing that killed 21 Israelis last month. After reading the Cairo summit's communique last week, a West Bank member of the radical Islamic Jihad warned, ``We are the ones who decide when to attack Israeli targets--not Arafat, not Rabin, not Hussein, not Mubarak.'' Unfortunately, that is all too true...
...nightfall in the marble palace of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, an unusual gathering of Middle Eastern leaders sat down for iftar, the meal that breaks the daylong Muslim fast during the holy month of Ramadan. It is traditionally shared with family and close friends, but at Mubarak's side were not only Jordan's King Hussein and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, but Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as well. His inclusion was meant to show a new level of acceptance for Israel among the Arab leaders who have signed formal peace agreements with the country...
...today agreed to resume peace negotiations. Israel and PLO negotiators will meet again Monday in Cairo to prepare for talks between Arafat and Rabin next Thursday at a border crossing in the Gaza Strip. The compromise was reached at a summit in Cairo, hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and attended by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Jordan's King Hussein. After five hours of private talks, the four leaders also denounced terrorism, and agreed to work toward a nuclear-free Middle East. TIME State Department correspondent Ann Simmons reports that the U.S. has invited...
...Foreign aid donors refuse to hand over significant funds until Arafat creates a credible system of accounting for the money. Israel, in response to the violence, has limited the number of workers allowed to cross the border daily for work. Just days before the Gaza riots, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned that the Gaza Strip would become "a new, tougher Afghanistan" unless economic conditions improved immediately...