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The issue of diplomatic recognition did not come up in a brief, unscheduled meeting between Peres and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze later in the week. Instead, Shevardnadze quizzed Peres about the fate of specific Soviet Jews who had emigrated to Israel from the Soviet diplomat's native republic of...
Peres' U.N. performance did not please some of his Cabinet colleagues from the Likud bloc. Several of the dissidents, including Finance Minister Yitzhak Moda'i, charged that the Peres proposals had not been approved, or even discussed, by the Cabinet before the Prime Minister left for Vienna, Washington and New...
During his Times interview, King Hussein took pains to compliment Peres as a "man of vision," even while keeping a wary distance from the Israeli peace offer. Both Hussein and Egypt's Mubarak were sorely tried by the P.L.O. during the Achille Lauro ordeal. Hussein was further irked at the...
In Tunis, at least one P.L.O. official would admit that there were "quite a few positive things" in the Peres speech, notably the reference to an international forum. The same official said that his organization was "pretty confident" that Hussein would never deal directly and independently with Israel. The King...
In Washington, Peres' U.N. speech was hailed by State Department Spokesman Bernard Kalb as a "statesmanlike, thoughtful, forward-looking exposition." The U.S., said Kalb, welcomed Peres' reaffirmation of the "urgency" of moving ahead with the peace process. In fact, Washington was involved in helping Peres get his message across. Richard...