Word: rabins
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...same day that Hamas terrorists murdered Nachshon Waxman, a joint American and Israeli citizen, a committee in Sweden announced its decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chair Yasaer Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. In so doing the committee reinforced and validated a dangerous misconception about the meaning of the word "peace...
...Israel finished a draft peace treaty after an all-nighter to iron out quibbles over borders and water rights, the second surprise announcement of progress toward a formal end to hostilities in less than a week. The Israeli Cabinet approved the document today, hours after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed it in Amman. Both countries' legislatures are expected to ratify the document by week's end, and a final version will likely be signed Oct. 26 on the Israel-Jordan border. President Clinton, who hosted the two leaders for a Washington handshake in July, will...
...activists, supporters of the militant group threatening to kill a young Israeli soldier by tomorrow if 200 Palestinian prisoners aren't freed. The move, in fact, brought threats from a top Islamic leader whose own house was raided. He said the crackdown would only spur further attacks on Israelis. Rabin, unmoved by the display, threatened to halt the Palestinian autonomy process entirely and even send a strike force into Gaza if Arafat can't save the hostage; whether his life will be saved is now a near unanimous focal point for Israeli fear and anger...
...Middle East flare-up doesn't exactly set the perfect tone for the announcement expected tomorrow: that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat have won the Nobel Peace Prize...
...Rabin and Arafat reportedly will receive the Nobel Peace Prize Friday -- the deadline Hamas has set to kill the young Israeli soldier...