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Even if those in the Labor camp were not immediately persuaded by the scenes of mayhem to change their allegiance to Netanyahu and the Likud Party, perhaps they now have a better appreciation for their fellow Israelis' reluctance to support the Oslo Accords in the first place. The valid suspicion of Israeli moderates over the questionable issue of placing automatic machine guns into their enemy's hands gained immeasurable credibility when the barrels of those very guns were directed against the Israelis themselves last week. A Palestinian witness, confirmed by both The New York Times and The Washington Post, admitted...
Furthermore, the current move violates Israeli assurances under the Oslo Accords that no changes will be made in the disputed city until final status negotiations are concluded. Israel's attempts to change the demographic nature of the city are illegal under the provision of the Geneva Conventions which prohibit occupiers from changing the demography of occupied territories. Israeli continues to expand its settlements in and around East Jerusalem and confiscate Palestinian property in the city...
...direction things were going which explains their quick response in agreeing to come here." Netanyahu and Arafat took a private lunch that White House spokesman Mike McCurry said went "a long way to re-establishing the notion of trust" that led Israel and the Palestinian Authority to signing the Oslo peace accords three years ago. But so far there has been no word of concrete movement on the issues by either side. "Netanyahu has painted himself into a corner, so he will really have to back down in order to be seen as making any concessions," Simons reports. "He says...
...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...