Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are on hold until Israeli elections in May. So why was Yasser Arafat in Washington on Wednesday, and what was he doing meeting first with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and members of Congress? "Call it relationship maintenance," says TIME world senior editor Joshua Cooper Ramo...
...Palestinian leader is eager not to waste any of the opportunities that have been granted to him by the political disarray in Israel. As the Israelis debate whom to elect and where to take their country following the tenuous Wye peace accords, Arafat has made it a point to remain focused on his immediate goal. "His number one priority is to improve his relationship with Washington," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "His principal strategy is aimed at undermining the United States' traditional pro-Israeli stance." Arafat and other Palestinian leaders believe that if they can warm U.S. officials...
...peace process is on the back burner until Israel votes for a new government in June, although Hussein will spend time urging Yasser Arafat not to declare a Palestinian state before Israel's election. But Hussein's return was enough, Tuesday, to remind Israelis and Palestinians there are still things both can celebrate -- such as his longevity...
...agreement is not suspended. It is awaiting Palestinian compliance. I wish Arafat would stop the violence, stop calling for the release of terrorist murderers, comply with the other promises the Palestinians made to us. If they would comply with their obligations and cease their violations, we would implement the next phase well before the elections...
...Islamic legal code]. Those who love God and his Prophet and this religion cannot deny that. Whoever denies even a minor tenet of our religion commits the gravest sin in Islam. Those who sympathize with the infidels-such as the PLO in Palestine or the so-called Palestinian Authority--have been trying for tens of years to get back some of their rights. They laid down arms and abandoned what is called violence and tried peaceful bargaining. What did the Jews give them? They did not give them even 1% of their rights...