Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israel had hoped that Jordan's King Hussein would fill this role. But last July the King announced that he would no longer assume any legal or administrative responsibility for Arabs living in the occupied West Bank. Shultz conceded that when he had invited moderate Palestinians to meet with him in the past, no one had shown up. Insisted a Palestinian representative at the U.N.: "He finally came to the conclusion that the P.L.O. is the only interlocutor for the Palestinians...
...Arafat responded by endorsing yet another four- point statement, this one hammered out with the Jewish leaders. It stated clearly that the P.L.O. agreed to negotiations on the basis of U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338, "accepted the existence of Israel," rejected terrorism and called for a solution to the Palestinian refugee problem. Once again the cagey P.L.O. leader seemed to be conceding to the long-standing demands of the U.S. for participation in Middle East peace talks...
Israeli officials contended Arafat did not fully renounce terrorism because he praised the Palestinian uprising, in which Arabs have staged violent riots and attacked Israelis with firebombs and other weapons...
...issue of terrorism, Arafat praises the intefadeh [Palestinian uprising]," said the official...
Arafat's speech expanded on Palestinian proposals for Middle East peace and appeared to be a bid to gain U.S. support...