Word: settlement
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Carter's diplomatic problem will not be made easier by a surprise plan drawn up by Israeli Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, who has a reputation as a superhawk, for establishing massive new settlements on the West Bank. The plan, details of which were leaked last week to the daily Ma'ariv, calls for 30 new settlements and three urban centers in the western half of the occupied territory, cutting off the main Arab population centers from Israel. Speaking last week at the tenth anniversary of the settlement of Merom Golan on the Golan Heights, Sharon elaborated on that...
...Sharon later indicated that he had cleared his plan with Begin and it was just a question of time before it would be carried out. Whether or not the program is officially adopted by the government, a recent poll showed 82% of Israeli voters favoring some kind of settlement in the occupied territories...
...gathered in Cairo over the weekend for its first high-level meeting in six months. Chief topic on the agenda: the Palestinians. Prince Saud, who was the chairman of the meeting, declared that the Arabs would adopt "a plan of action" against the Israelis' move to create new settlements on the occupied West Bank and Gaza which he characterized as "criminal measures and a flagrant challenge endangering peace in the region." The meeting was expected to communicate to Carter the Arab message-no Palestinians, no settlement...
...train a cadre of 1,000 Peace Corps volunteers for antidesertification work. Before the delegates disband this week, they are expected to adopt a 15-point plan that calls for a worldwide effort against the deserts' encroachment with everything from the planting of new vegetation to the settlement of nomads to control grazing...
Duehay said he believes Vellucci's declaration of a state of emergency was probably "not the most fruitful way to go" about making a settlement with Harvard...