Word: rabins
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...Clinton in Geneva. The mid-January summit, which is expected to bring the Syrians back to Washington's bargaining tables by February, will enable Assad to project the statesmanlike image he craves. And it will also give him a chance to explain to Clinton his reservation about the Arafat-Rabin accord...
...Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled to settle their differences over security and border issues by Dec. 13, Rabin warned that meeting the deadline "looks difficult." Arafat, too, worried that the violence "could threaten the peace process." But, the P.L.O. chairman told TIME, "the process will go forward in spite of everything." Even if the beginning of Israeli troop withdrawal slips past the scheduled day, the hour when authority will be transferred into Palestinian hands is fast approaching. The most critical question now is whether Arafat and the Palestinians are ready to rule themselves...
...Israeli-Palestinian relations looks depressingly like the last one, filled with smoke and flame and gunshots. The agreement Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat sealed with a handshake on the White House lawn last September is supposed to change that. Next week Palestinians are to begin an experiment with self-government, and Israeli troops are scheduled to start withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area on the West Bank...
...these new arrangements await the Israeli handover. Negotiations are making progress on some issues, but have run into major obstacles over security matters. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher is visiting the region this week, and that could encourage a speedy solution. He will talk with Rabin first and then see Arafat, probably in Tunis. If some details are still unresolved after he leaves the area, Arafat and Rabin are expected to take them up at their face-to-face meeting in Cairo on Dec. 12. That could be a chance for last-minute agreements to open...
...vice president said those who doubt the possibility for change should consider that "A decade ago, who would have thought that the Berlin Wall would have fallen? That Nelson Mandela would be free? That Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat would shake hands on the White House lawn...