Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...full day, the last three hours with President Bill Clinton, who had just helicoptered back to the White House. The night had been a long give-and-take over security issues; a give-and-take that seemed to be moving in the same circles the Israelis and Palestinians had traveled for months, even years. "Hello?" Netanyahu said. "Happy Birthday." It was Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, calling to congratulate the Prime Minister on his 49th. "Is that really all you called for?" said Netanyahu. A few hours later, he had another surprise: flowers from Yasser Arafat. And a call from...
...modest. It provides for the return of a parcel of sparsely inhabited land in the West Bank. It firms up the details of the implementation of accords the P.L.O. and Israel had reached in 1993. Far tougher disputes remain, including the future of Jerusalem and the return of Palestinian refugees. According to the original timetable, all these must be settled by next May--when Arafat has threatened to declare a Palestinian state. But last week's accord, fought for and won over nine tumultuous days, created new momentum toward a permanent peace, the first such movement in 19 months. What...
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu deserves credit for resisting the pressures of the Israeli Right and agreeing to complete important troop re-deployments in the West Bank. He was particularly courageous in agreeing to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails...
Leader of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat has accepted important anti-terrorism measures that will make his domestic situation similarly unpleasant. Particularly important are the concrete measures to confiscate illegal weapons and to monitor the incitement of violence; symbolically important is his agreement to delete passages from the PLO's constitution that call for Israel's destruction...
Unfortunately, the most difficult and contentious issues of the peace process, such as the nature of the Palestinian entity and the status of Jerusalem, await resolution in the coming months. If Wye is any indication, there is a rocky road ahead...