Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Experts say that the election, coming in themidst of the Palestinian uprising in the occupiedterritories, will determine how Israel copes withthe tensions and accomodates Palestinian demands...
Likud rejected an international conference and vowed not to yield any of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, pledgingto build more Jewish settlements instead. Shamiralso said his party would take new and toughermeasures to put down the Palestinian uprising inthe occupied lands, now 11 months...
Israelis voted in an atmosphere of violencecreated by the Palestinian rebellion coupled witha sudden outburst of attacks on Jewish civilians...
...opposition, of course, has come up with its own rather peculiar interpretations. Occasionally, the sponsor of the referendum, the Coalition for Palestinian Rights (CPR), has come under attack as having "a hidden agenda." Despite the referendum's clear call for "peace for all states in the region, including Israel," many still assert that the CPR, which incidentally includes both Jewish and Arab Americans, is secretly seeking the total destruction of Israel. As further evidence of our alleged bias against Israel, the opposition points out that the referendum does not call on the U.S. government to apply pressure on the Palestinians...
Those who oppose Question 5 occasionally argue that a foreign policy issue has no business being on the Cambridge ballot. Of course, it does. The residents of Cambridge are very much involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The tax dollars of Cambridge residents, too, are given away to Israel each year. As American citizens, we, the people of Cambridge, have not only the right to express our opinion about the misuse of our tax dollars--we also have that responsibility. It is true that Israel, as an independent country, cannot be forced to cease its human rights violations. However...