Word: palestinians
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...Clinton's arrival at the Gaza airport is nothing less than the creation of a Palestinian state, which is huge," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. That explains Netanyahu's recalcitrance, and his contention that Israel's soldiers are going nowhere until Arafat also abandons plans to declare a Palestinian state in May. "In the zero-sum game that the peace process has become," Beyer says, "for Israel this visit has to be seen as a defeat." For Arafat, though, even a failed round of peace talks has rarely seemed so sweet...
...Benjamin Netanyahu: Mother-of-pearl carvings of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aksa mosque in Jerusalem, Islamic holy sites and symbols of the Palestinian aspiration to control East Jerusalem...
...such pessimism? In the past month Israel has released 250 Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian Authority has opened its airport in Gaza, and Israeli troops have begun to withdraw from selected areas of the West Bank. While it is true that Prime Minister Netanyahu has threatened a halt to additional withdrawals, he has done so in response to Chairman Arafat's promise to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state in May 1999 (before the conclusion of the delicate final status peace talks), in direct violation of the Wye Agreement...
...hope that both leaders will move beyond this latest obstacle and resume the difficult business of making peace. Considering that the agreement at Wye has not been derailed by two recent terrorist attempts by Palestinian suicide bombers, we see that there is hope for the accord and, eventually, a lasting peace between Israel and the future Palestinian state. BEN LEBWOHL '99 ALEXIS OFFEN '00 Dec. 6, 1998 The writers are co-chairs of Harvard Students for Israel...
...frying pan... The Mideast will offer Bill Clinton poor respite from his domestic troubles when he touches down late Saturday. Israeli security forces fired on Palestinian protesters in a West Bank town Friday killing two and wounding 50. "We haven't seen incidents like this since the height of the Intifada uprising ten years ago," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. The immediate flash point is Israel's refusal to release Palestinian security prisoners, but the turmoil highlights the limits of the Wye accord. "Wye produced a new agreement, but no new trust or goodwill," says Beyer...