Word: nabil
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...knew they had to get something -- anything -- for their efforts so they could justify their attendance in the face of widespread popular disapproval. The Israelis knew it too. As a consequence, the current session has been the most productive one yet, so much so that Palestine Liberation Organization official Nabil Shaath predicts that a "declaration of agreement on principles" may soon emerge...
...Nabil Sater, the owner of the Middle East Restaurant on Mass. Ave., has been in the square since 1974 and says his business is good and getting better...
...unrest. P.L.O. officials say they have provided food, medical equipment and money to the inhabitants of the Gaza refugee camps, though camp residents deny it. "The P.L.O. is the only institution these people can go to when they're in trouble or when they need help," says Nabil Sha'ath, a member of the P.L.O. central council. Still, the veteran P.L.O. leadership has found itself for the most part looking on from the sidelines...
...hands of his controversial lawyer, Verges, a flamboyant Marxist with strong sympathies for Third World causes. The lawyer, who is known for taking on the legal defense of accused terrorists, brought in to help him Jean-Martin M'Bemba, 45, an attorney from Brazzaville in the Congo, and Nabil Bouaita, 36, a lawyer from Algiers. In the closing days of the trial, Verges and his two aides began the long-advertised attempt to put France rather than Barbie on trial. Verges sought to shift the focus of attention from Barbie to the alleged crimes of France, other West European countries...
...typifies the pain of the occupation. He has not been given permission to work in the West Bank or to emigrate elsewhere because of the fiery anti-Israeli speeches he delivered at Bethlehem University. Young people are coming to believe that only force can bring a solution. Though Abu Nabil does not believe violence will win back the homeland, he reluctantly agrees that words are not enough. "My generation can fight only with our tongues," he warns. "Theirs will have to fight with guns...