Word: palestinian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sides pledged that they would "strive to live in peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and historic reconciliation." But they quickly got down to a fairly nitty- gritty discussion of procedures and timetables for Israeli military redeployment and Palestinian self-government, first in the Gaza Strip and the town of Jericho, then in the rest of the West Bank. The outcome of that test run is yet to be decided even in principle. Though both sides foresee an eventual Palestinian state in confederation with Jordan, the P.L.O. wants confederation...
...charter that pledge destruction of Israel. He is likely to prevail, but only after some jockeying. Then there is a threat of violence from Hamas, the Islamic fundamentalist organization that regards Arafat as a traitor for even talking to Israel. Hamas' current line is that it will not shed Palestinian blood (though other extremists have openly raised a threat to assassinate Arafat). Hamas may well conduct terrorist attacks on Jews that could bring disruptive retaliation from the new Palestinian police and Israeli army...
...signed agreement with the P.L.O. should help Israel negotiate pacts with other Arab states, giving peace a broader dimension. The excuse many Arab governments gave for hostility to Israel was that they could not betray the Palestinian cause. Now that excuse is gone, and the other Arab states must decide whether to jump on the peace bandwagon or be left behind. Jordan and Israel have already worked out the principles of an agreement that both sides want to sign as soon as possible. Without benefit of a formal treaty, the two countries cooperate on matters like sharing the waters...
...neighboring Arab states, like Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf oil states, most of which are still officially at war with Israel, will have little incentive to remain hostile, since they can no longer be accused of betraying the Palestinians. Moderate Arab states such as Egypt and Morocco may still be targets for subversion and terrorism by Islamic fundamentalists, crying louder than ever that their governments are selling out to the Zionist enemy and its prime backer, the U.S. But those governments will be able to reply convincingly that the fundamentalists are being more Palestinian than Arafat; any deal good...
...point, everyone is agreed: Israeli-Palestinian development will have to be jump-started with foreign money, some of it private investment but much of it government loans and grants. Eytan Gilboa, professor of international relations at Hebrew University, says this time Israel will be forced to avoid + simply handing the U.S. the bill: "Much more effort will be required to mobilize financial resources from the oil-rich states in the gulf and from Europe and Japan." But American officials readily acknowledge that the U.S. will have to be the principal banker, supplying American money and rounding up more from financial...