Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist should disqualify the organization in any political settlement. The purpose of the PLO, as delineated its charter is the destruction of Israel. And the means employed-the bombing of northern Israel, the terrorizing of southern Lebanon, and the holding of civilians in Beirut last summer-discount the PLO from participation in the peace process...
...more) hesitant about accepting Israel as a neighbor. Neither is ready to negotiate, but Israel loses little by delay. The PLO, on the other hand, in refusing to cease calling for Israel's destruction, demonstrates that Mr. Bisharat has no monopoly on muddled thinking, for soon Israel's settlement plan will be complete, and the West Bank virtually lost to the Palestinians forever. If the PLO truly desires peace, let us see the PLO immediately arrange for simultaneous recognition between it and Israel (an action which will lead to America's recognition of the PLO), and then call for negotiations...
...Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who had been ruthlessly shot down, presumably by fanatic rightists, while saying a Mass in 1980. Since Rivera y Damas has consistently called for a national "dialogue" to end the bloodshed, his selection put the Pope squarely behind the idea of a negotiated settlement between the Salvadoran government and the guerrillas, a position Washington strenuously opposes...
...State Department officials decided to try to persuade the government of Provisional President Alvaro Alfredo Magaña to advance the elections scheduled for March 1984. They hoped that the announcement would enhance their case for continued military aid, while blunting any call by the Pope for a negotiated settlement. Richard Stone, a former Democratic Senator from Florida who was appointed special ambassador for "public diplomacy" earlier this year, handled the task. Accompanied by two National Security Council staffers, Stone flew to San Salvador two weeks ago. In secret meetings he urged the leaders to announce the new election plan...
...Publisher Rupert Murdoch's splashy London tabloid the Sun (circ. 4.2 million) ran the first installment of confessions by a former palace pantry servant, the Queen took the unprecedented step of suing Murdoch's news organization and her onetime employee for damages. In an out-of-court settlement last week, the Sun agreed to pay the $6,000 it would have given the ex-servant and he ponied up his $150 advance, all of which the Queen donated to a favorite charity-one that assists the needy families of journalists...