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...never meant to imply that all Orthodox Jews are terrorists or religious lunatics. I was simply attempting to make three points. First, both Israelis and Palestinians have at times resorted to violence. In the 1967 wars, Israel resorted to violence to conquer the West Bank and other areas. The PLO and Hamas have also resorted to violence in recent years. Yet, the PLO and Hamas are referred to as terrorists while the Israeli government is not. This phenomenon is not limited to the Middle East--why is the US government not considered an illegitimate terrorist organization who wiped out many...
...cabinet and Knesset could ratify it by Thursday. Israel would then have ten days to execute the redeployment from Hebron. Under eleventh-hour negotiation is the language of a series of "notes for the record," which codify each side's remaining obligations on issues ranging from changes to the PLO charter to the opening of a "safe passage" between the West Bank and Gaza. Still resisting all attempts at negotiation are the passionate critics in Netanyahu?s own government. The closer he moves to Arafat, the more tenuous is his control...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...