Word: oslo
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...after years of terrorism, mutual distrust, riots and border closings, it seems the peace which was almost at hand with the signing of the Oslo Agreements is now an optimist's dream...
Rather than a reality check for Arafat and Netanyahu [WORLD, Sept. 15], TIME should consider one for itself. You say that "Netanyahu's hard line stands" for wanting Arafat to abide by the provisions of the Oslo accord, and that Arafat "has usually been the more movable party." Show me one tangible move. All I see are dead Israelis, decreased access for Jews to Jewish holy places, the trading of land for peace, and the call for Israel to allow 100,000 potential terrorists to enter its borders daily. Perhaps Mexico should insist on the return of lands stolen from...
...OSLO: It's what Diana would have wanted. The International Campaign to Ban Land Mines won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday ? and if measured by the growth of their movement alone, the award is well-deserved. The ICBL began five years ago as a loose alliance of less than five anti-land-mine groups. Today it comprises over a thousand. And despite the boost given by Diana's support and her tragic death, credit belonged Friday to another woman: American coordinator Jody Williams...
...built without a permit-virtually impossible for Palestinians to attain in the first place. Such action, along with the building of the settlement on Jabal Aba-Ghneim (Har Homa) and last September's opening of a tunnel underneath the Dome of the Rock, is clearly in violation of the Oslo peace accord's stipulation that the status of Jerusalem not be altered until final status negotiations. The authors, on the other hand, are concerned that The Crimson's reference to East Jerusalem as "Arab East Jerusalem" deems it Arab in advance of permanent status negotiations. If they really want...
...very difficult for the Palestinians to agree to even these interim talks if Israel was building settlements.? Israel has also agreed to discuss other issues, such as the building of a Palestinian airport, which could help restore the process leading to the tricky "final status" negotiations envisaged by the Oslo Peace Accords. So while the war of words is bound to continue, both sides are likely to act with the restraint necessary to keep the peace process on track...