Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Speaking of her meeting with Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, Rabin said that in the wake of the assassination he treated her and her family with "great charm and great warmth...
...editorial should remind us all that Hamas has been tolerated as a "mass" movement for a long time. Only a small sector of the Palestinian population carries out these bombings and condemnations of such acts have come quickly from Arafat, Palestinian intellectuals and student leaders on our own campus...
...thing, however, to condemn an act. It is quite another to disown an ideology. Peres is correct to forestall Israeli withdrawal from Hebron until the Palestinian National Covenant is amended. Though the Covenant is symbolic, it is an important symbol. If Arafat and other Palestinian leaders do not have the courage to expunge that record of hate from their past, they surely will not have the nerve to push on for peace in the months ahead...
...there is reason for hope. Arafat has moved to crack down on terrorists. Over a thousand Palestinians gathered for a peace rally in Gaza. There is reason to think that if the Palestinian people truly believe in peace and nonviolence that they can yet bring them about...
...planeload of bomb detection equipment and experts to Israel Tuesday, showing his commitment to preserving the Mideast peace process. Officials would not reveal the contents of the shipment other than to say it included communications equipment aimed at helping Israel coordinate its anti-terrorist efforts with Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority. "Clinton wants very badly to support the peace process, but the question is what can he do," TIME's J.F.O. McAllister says. "Much like the Patriot missiles in the Gulf War, this equipment will help make Israel more secure ." However, the effectiveness of this initiative remains to be seen...