Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Athough the sputtering "peace process" begun at Camp David may be heaving its last, a plan for joint Jordanian-Palestinian-Israeli administration of West Bank territory presently occupied by Israel offers some hope of revival. The proposal brings the possibility of negotiation between Israel, Jordan and moderate Palestinian Arabs in the territory--and merits America's firm support...
...obstacle more remote in time but potentially more significant is the plan's stance toward the Palestinean Liberation Organization. One million Palestinian Arabs living in territory captured by Israel in 1967 want autonomy. Israel does not want a(nother) hostile Arab state created in territory it now controls. Americans, clearly, would like to see each of these dreams fulfilled--but never will...
...speech, which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at the Institute of Politics, Peres probably will concentrate on the possibilities of an international peace conference, which would include the Soviet Union and Palestinian representatives, and its implications for the region, said Martin Peretz, a lecturer in Social Studies who arranged Peres's K-School visit...
...Jewish attendees, urged once again that "full and formal diplomatic relation relations be established soon between the Vatican and the state of Israel." John Paul replied that the "Jewish people . . . have a right to a homeland, as does any civil nation." But the same principle "also applies to the Palestinian people, so many of whom remain homeless and refugees...
...efforts to free Glass, Washington announced last week that U.S. Ambassador William Eagleton would soon be returning to his post in Damascus for the first time in nine months. The U.S. had been particularly pleased that Syria had decided in June to shut down the Damascus office of Palestinian Terrorist Leader Abu Nidal. Given the degree of pressure that Syria was obviously exerting on his behalf, Glass speculated in an interview on ABC's Nightline that his release might have already been in the works and that "my escape may simply have jumped the gun by a few days...