Word: mubarak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meeting with striking union leaders to discuss the decision with Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. Israel's chief negotiator quickly telephoned Yasser Arafat to assure him of Netanyahu's opposition to the project. A ruffled Arafat was headed to Cairo to discuss the matter with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Beyer thinks the hullabaloo may have a peaceful ending. "The Palestinians are as offended as they possibly can be. Everyone, even Netanyahu, is extremely upset today. Israelis, in negotiations with the U.S. right now about an overall settlement freeze, are not about to let this happen. Netanyahu has promised to stand...
...other pious tortures meted out by the Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. What comes next? The Italian government, heir to the gore and glory that was Rome, should certainly express regret for the intemperate sack of Carthage. (Reparations optional.) Congress could withhold aid to Egypt until the Mubarak government sheds a few public tears for holding the ancient Israelites in bondage. And isn't it high time the new socialist government of France admitted it was a mite sorry for the heedlessness that left Louis XVI headless...
...might come to Syria's aid. The Israelis think they can count on Jordan, which made peace with Israel in 1994, to stay out of the fight, despite strains in relations over Netanyahu's tough policies. But Israel's confidence in Egypt is shakier. Two weeks ago, President Hosni Mubarak said that in the event of an Israeli attack on Syria, Egypt would not "stand idly by." Given popular feeling in Egypt against the Netanyahu government, it was perhaps an inevitable, if insincere, remark. If Egypt did not go to war when Israel attacked Lebanon in 1982, notes a senior...
...Mubarak: Israel will be accepted when it gives the Arabs all the rights. Under Rabin and Shimon Peres, it made very good steps forward with the Arabs. Since Mr. Netanyahu came, everything is frozen. Everything is frozen...
...Reported by Ann Blackman/Washington, Jordan Bonfante/Los Angeles, Mubarak Dahir/Philadelphia, Tammerlin Drummond/Miami, James L. Graff/Chicago and Elaine Rivera/New York