Word: oslo
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...touched on the issues of peace with security, his readiness to negotiate with Palestinians and the fact that Israel has no quarrel with any of its Arab neighbors that cannot be solved amicably. But Silver notes that his omissions say more than the rhetoric: "He didn't mention the Oslo peace agreement, he set no time for redeploying troops from Hebron or meeting with Arafat. Unlike his predecessor, he still speaks of Arafat as a terrorist and shows visible repugnance at the prospect of meeting him." Netanyahu also insisted that peace negotiations cannot proceed as long as terrorist attacks continue...
...leverage in Hebron to the Israeli army and settlers." Hebron is the last West Bank city under Israeli control, and the only place in the West Bank where Jews and Arabs live in such proximity. The redeployment is seen as a test of Netanyahu's commitment to the Oslo peace accords. "This is being taken be everybody as the touchstone of Netanyahu's seriousness with going ahead with the peace process," Silver reports. "It's easy to say you are going to abide by past peace agreements, but people are looking for concrete steps. This is the first step that...
...itself, opinion is divided about Israel's new American-style leader. The Clinton Administration is willing to work with him, but without enthusiasm. Neither in his Inaugural Address nor in his new government's policy guidelines did Netanyahu pledge to abide by the Oslo peace accords, and Washington is gloomy about the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Since Netanyahu has ruled out returning the occupied Golan Heights, the Administration has abandoned hope of achieving an Israeli-Syrian peace treaty, the holy grail of Warren Christopher's Mideast diplomacy. But if the White House is less than delighted, a Republican leader...
...agrees that he wants to pursue the peace process, but he has different conceptions from those who had prevailed. Hitherto the U.S., Israel and the Arab parties were in agreement that it is necessary to "complete the circle of peace" by bringing in Syria and Lebanon and completing the Oslo accords. Netanyahu's analysis is that the Golan is not so important for Assad; much more important for Assad is establishing good working relations with the U.S. and legitimizing his position in Lebanon. Netanyahu believes the U.S. should tell Assad, "You make peace with Israel, we normalize relations with...
Netanyahu will not repudiate the Oslo accords with the Palestinian Authority, but he will negotiate hard. The Oslo agreements call for final-settlement negotiations to be started by the third year--which means now--and completed by the fifth year. Netanyahu says, "I am under no obligation to close an agreement because it takes two to agree; I am under obligation to negotiate for the next three years in an endeavor to reach an agreement, and my view is yes, autonomy for the Palestinians as a people, but not autonomy over land." On the Palestinian question, Netanyahu is kidding himself...