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Denouncing the latest outbreak of Palestinian infighting as "senseless" and "shocking," Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal says that the Gaza warfare threatens to become a "catastrophic" setback to Arab-Israeli peace prospects...
...Prince Saud told TIME on Wednesday that four days of renewed Palestinian fighting had jeopardized the Mecca Agreement mediated by Saudi Arabia in February, which ended months of internal clashes and established a Palestinian national unity government. "If fighting continues, and spreads, and the government falls, then that would be catastrophic for the cause of peace," said Prince Saud, whose government is taking a lead in promoting a new peace effort...
...blow to Saudi diplomacy was reflected in what the Kingdom's top diplomat described as the "stern" messages he has delivered to Palestinian leaders on behalf of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. The Saudi monarch, Prince Saud explained, is holding Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Hamas exile chief Khaled Meshaal "firmly to the commitment they made in the eyes of God." In mediating the accord, the Saudis argued that Palestinian unity was essential in order to start negotiations with Israel, brushing aside U.S. concerns that Hamas, a radical group that...
...Prince Saud saw an encouraging sign in the fact that "the government is standing firm. It is working to quell the fighting and it is keeping united." The Palestinian leaders, he said, have told the Saudi King that they would halt the fighting and punish the perpetrators...
...preaching against homosexuality and pornography and pushing for looser tax treatment of, and more generous federal grants to, parochial and Christian schools. Falwell also dabbled in foreign policy, supporting Israeli sovereignty against the Palestinians and opposing the Reagan Administration when it announced plans to sell early warning planes to Saudi Arabia. The Moral Majority lasted only a decade, until l989. But Falwell remained a controversial figure - and a go-to source for politicians and reporters seeking to know how the nation's growing tide of values voters would respond to various issues. Many other leaders did not care...