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...context were different. In the past, Israeli Jews might have been able to justify the occupation by referring to Palestinian refusal to accept a partition of Palestine and to Israeli military vulnerability. But we can no longer fixate upon the past by refusing to acknowledge a new historical reality, one in which the Palestinians are willing to live in a state alongside Israel and Israel can negotiate from a position of power. The Palestinian National Council has declared the former; numerous Israeli military figures have affirmed the latter. If these are the conditions that Israel has long awaited...
...Israeli government refuses to rise to the occasion by entering into negotiations with the representatives of the Palestinian people (the P.L.O.) for one reason: Half the government does not recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-determination. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir does not see Israeli occupation of the territories as a temporary measure, but as an indefinite policy of ruling over Palestinians against their will...
...coalition of pro-choice groups said they had collected 95,895 signatures for one of the proposed amendments, which would guarantee a woman's right to an abortion in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and an unrestricted right to choose methods of birth control...
...candle was then lighted for each of 12 Salvadoran victims, and an additional one for the 80,000 Salvadorans killed in the civil war over the last 10 years...
...one weak spot for the Crimson was turnovers. Harvard coughed the ball up an unbelievably high 34 times, including 17 steals by the Hawks. But that's nothing new for a young and inexperienced team, and hopes are that the offense can continue to dominate while the team smoothes out its rough edges...