Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said one bewildered State Department diplomat last week, commenting on an unprecedented and frightening display of Palestinian terrorism-directed not against the Israelis but against brother Arabs. The blood feud involved a long-running quarrel between Palestinians loyal to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and Iraqi-backed "rejectionists," who believed that the P.L.O. leader was soft on Israel...
Within a seven-day period, reactivated P.L.O. hit teams launched assaults that left four people dead and eleven more wounded in a number of cities. In return, Palestinian enemies of Arafat attacked the P.L.O. office in Paris, killing Arafat's Principal Deputy on the Continent and his Assistant. At week's end there were no signs that the bloodletting was over-and no clear answer as to what effect it would have on the Middle East peacemaking process...
...Dayan: We have agreements and disagreements with the opposition. The Labor Party does not accept a Palestinian state; they would not accept going back to the old [1967] lines; they would not accept negotiating with the Palestine Liberation Organization; they do not want to desert the settlements. They created settlements on the Golan Heights, in the Jordan Valley and in the Sinai. So we're in good company. As for the solution, they say they are for a territorial compromise [in the West Bank] but a meaningful one. If such a proposal is brought up by the other party...
Dayan: I am not worried about the possibility that the Egyptians do not want to make any move, but I am worried about the main question of whether they are in a position to make a peace over the West Bank and Gaza. Sadat says the Palestinian issue is the heart of the problem. But in that case, he has to have King Hussein and the Palestinian Arabs sitting with him in his delegation. From what I hear and know, King Hussein is very reluctant to come into negotiations without Syria. And [Syrian President Hafez]Assad is saying "I cannot...
...fighting once again broke out between Christian militiamen in the eastern of Beirut and Syrian forces, who the area with rockets, mortars and artillery in an effort to dislodge them. The Syrians have tried to stabilize the country maintaining a balance of power?initially, by moving against an insurgent Palestinian and Muslim left, more recently by attacking pro-Israeli Christians who threaten to partition the country. But for Syrian President Hafez Assad, Lebanon threatens to become a Viet Nam: by pulling his forces out, he risks the renewal of civil war and possibly the installation of a pro-Israeli government...