Word: plo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arafat's new tone is indeed remarkable. His achievement thus far--meeting America's conditions for negotiation--was a crucial first step toward settlement. Nevertheless, America set those preconditions so it could deal with the PLO; this was not a pledge to accommodate the PLO. A number of key issues justify skepticism in the PLO before anyone can embrace its proposal to comandeer a Palestinian state...
...PLO representative in Saudi Arabia said, "On no account will the Palestinians accept part of Palestine and call it the Palestinian state, while forfeiting the remaining areas which are called the State of Israel." Arafat keyed in, "The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and all of Palestine--from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea." In another speech, Arafat proclaimed, "We shall not rest until the day when we return to our home, and until we destroy Israel...
...message was the same. "Our rights extend beyond the West Bank and Gaza," said the head of the PLO political section...
Israel never agreed to any contacts with the PLO regardless of its statements on recognizing Israel, abandoning terrorism and accepting U.N. Security Council Resolutions...
...also said Israel objected to the PLO's acceptance of U.N. resolution 242, because it linked its agreement to a declaration made by the Palestine National Council in Algiers last month...