Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...statement seemed to be significant. It implied that if only Israel would remove its forces from Lebanon as part of a withdrawal of Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian troops, and if Israel would drop its demand to retain some kind of military presence in a 28-mile-wide "security zone" along the Lebanese border, then the U.S. would guarantee the security of northern Israel. But even as the President was delivering his speech, White House aides were insisting that the address contained nothing really new and that U.S. policy had not changed...
...following day, at a breakfast meeting with a group of reporters, Reagan spoke of the need of the Palestinians for "something in the nature of a homeland," though he added quickly, "on the other hand, no one has ever advocated creating a nation." Apparently, Reagan was merely trying to describe the ambiguous nature of the Palestinian "entity" on the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is envisioned in his Sept. 1 peace plan. The problem was that the word homeland, like so many other bits of language concerning the Middle East, has become such a buzzword that it automatically invites...
...council refrained from rejecting the peace plan Reagan presented last September; that was considered a modest victory for P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat. On the other hand, the council refused to endorse either the Reagan plan or an effort by King Hussein of Jordan to join future negotiations. Though many Palestinian moderates were encouraged by Arafat's strength at the meeting and by his ability to keep the organization united, the result was murky. Snapped an uncharacteristically caustic U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz: "We are constantly following the will-o'-the-wisp of what Arafat thinks lately...
...arbitrary arrest and detention of all Palestinian men between the ages of 14 and 60 found within the Israeli sphere of occupation, aside from its chillingly racist overtones, also violated international law protecting the rights of civilians in occupied areas. The thousands of Palestinians who remain in detention camps in Southern Lebanon have not been accorded prisoner of war status, an on-going violation of international law regarding treatment of prisoners in times...
...democracy that it not commit such atrocities as those committed in Lebanon to begin with. This hints at the inconsistency between Israel's simultaneous claim to status within the community of democratic nations and the determination of its leaders to crush, with violence if necessary, any institutional expressions of Palestinian nationalism. For invasions of Lebanon, or some equivalent, will probably be necessary as long as Palestinians aspire to nationhood, and as long as Israel refuses to come to grips with the reality and legitimacy of Palestinian national claims...