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Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization resumed stalled talks about autonomy for the occupied territories, and the PLO's top negotiator hinted that Yasser Arafat is poised for a long-awaited return to Jericho next month. The Israelis, who had wanted to test-run Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho, said they were ready to talk about a quick expansion of self-rule to the rest of the West Bank. In turn, Arafat might settle in Jericho in mid-July -- as long as he and other Palestinians are guaranteed "safe passage roads" between the two independent zones...
...after the attacks, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that Israel "will do whatever [it] can to continue the peace momentum." Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat passed on a chance to publicly condemn the attacks, and under extreme pressure, more than two days after the Afula incident, the PLO simply stated that it "expresses its regrets for the incident which took place in Afula and which cost the life of a number of citizens." After the massacre, Yitzhak Rabin had a very different reaction: "As a Jew, as an Israeli, I am shamed by the disgrace imposed upon us by a degenerate...
This balancing act is not helped by statements such as the ones made last Saturday by PLO Executive Committee member Yasser Abed-Rabbo, who said that "the deal is dying and the diplomatic process is reaching total impasse" in arguing for immediate negotiations on the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Notwithstanding the terrible timing of this statement, coming so soon after Afula, Abed-Rabbo, and the PLO should realize that, at this time, the chances for success in negotiations over the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are nil. What should be pressed...
Will flying the PLO flag from a window be considered "intimidating" conduct to Israeli students" Will a prochoice rally that makes use of hangers dripping in red paint be intimidating to pro-lifers? How will the line be drawn between what is personally or politically offensive and what is objectively intimidating and discriminatory...
...Annab added: "I don't think thenegotiations between Israel and the PLO accuratelyreflect what the Palestinians want, which is anindependent state...