Word: settlements
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...protect vital Western interests clarifies their role. In that light, however, they can no longer be perceived as "angels of peace" but as agents of a Western-dominated solution. Thus it becomes quite easy to understand why the peace keepers have become targets for those opposed to a settlement on the West's terms...
...plan with a coherent peace strategy." He urged the U.S. to "squeeze us all a little in the interest of peace" and added that the problem of Palestine, the "root cause" of the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, "is as far from resolution as it has ever been." Israeli settlement policy on the West Bank was a recurring theme. As Carter put it, "The massive and total commitment of Israel to this unprecedented settlement activity [has] created a new dimension. If Israel moves in any sort of final way to annex the West Bank and Gaza Strip, then any prospect...
...defeats in the field may reflect deeper political problems, including the absence of widespread support for the government and continued feuding between rightist and moderate factions. A government-appointed peace commission has met with guerrilla representatives several times to try to arrange some kind of settlement. But so far neither side has shown much willingness to trade its guns for seats at a negotiating table...
Clearly the tangle of alien armies in Lebanon cannot hasten a solution in the Middle East, only more violence. The Lebanese must build on the dialogue (albeit stormy one) established at Geneva to quickly work toward both a settlement between warring Christians and Druse, and a removal of Israeli, Palestinian and Syrian forces from the country...
Neither, in the long run, is the presence of U.S. Marines in Lebanon. Although the international forces stationed in Beirut can serve as a valuable stabilizing force while the Lebanese hammer out a settlement, their stay should not be open-ended. As the recent car bomb attack at the Marine compound illustrates, the Marines may only serve as a catalyst for still more violence. The United States should withdraw the Marines as soon as they are confident such a withdrawal would not prompt fresh violence...