Word: rabins
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...Syria, the new surge of peacemaking in the Middle East is mostly a spectator sport. When the exuberant Israeli-Jordanian summit took place in Washington last week, Syrians gathered in hushed groups to stare at their television sets as Jordan's King Hussein and Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin warmly pledged an end to a state of war and the beginning of an era of cooperation. Following so quickly on the return of Yasser Arafat and officials of his Palestine Liberation Organization to the Gaza Strip and Jericho, last week's handshake confirmed that the mood in the region...
...after Israel's Knesset formally approved a peace agreement with Jordan. The veteran pilot swooped low for the first time over Jerusalem's Muslim holy sites, over which Jordan will soon resume its ancient caretaker role as part of the pact with the Jewish state. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin radioed his greetings to the King: "Your majesty, welcome to Israel, even though...
Jordan too needs money. At his summit this week in Washington with President Clinton and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, King Hussein will make a pitch for relief on $685 million of official U.S. debt and more than $6 billion in other foreign borrowing. Eager to tap international aid before the P.L.O. gets it all, Hussein hinted that he might agree to terms of a full peace treaty even if Syria is still haggling...
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told Israel Radio that he'd made an agreement to "some signs of components of peace" with Syria, and Israeli officials said Egypt would join in the efforts to complete the Mideast peace circle. Rabin offered no details and said there were still "huge gaps" between his government and Syrian President Hafez Assad over ending nearly half a century of conflict. On Sunday, Rabin will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who shuttled to Syria last week. Days later, Rabin will confer with Secretary of State Warren Christopher in an attempt to break the deadlock...
...officials said the bombing, in which explosives in a parked car injured 15 people, was another sign of an all-out war by Islamic fundamentalists against the peace process. But the attack failed to overshadow the unprecedented appearances before Congress. Jordan's King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin drew whoops and standing ovations from U.S. lawmakers by vowing to make their peace agreement work at home. The show doesn't come cheap. Jordan is seeking forgiveness of $1 billion it owes the U.S. -- something Congress must approve...