Word: settlements
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Since the Administration agreed with these basic goals, the Israelis were counting heavily on the U.S. not only to play the leading role in working out a settlement of the complex diplomatic problems in Lebanon but also to help create the international peace-keeping force. Said a top U.S. official: "We still believe Begin means it when he says he wants to hold not a centimeter of Lebanese soil. But we also know damn well that the Israelis will never withdraw until they are satisfied with the force that fills the vacuum...
...again by guerrillas fleeing Lebanon. Already there is an air of instability and rising tension in the country. The cause: the arrest of 60 anti-government Sunni fundamentalists. If any lasting agreement can be reached in Lebanon, Hussein might become a key man in efforts to work out a settlement for the Palestinians. His formula for solving the problem is to form a demilitarized state or entity on the West Bank that would be fed crated with Jordan...
...Saudis have also been maneuvering behind the scenes to achieve a settlement to the Iran-Iraq war. Quiet negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have taken place in Damascus, with the Syrians acting as intermediaries. The Saudis, who supported Iraqi Strongman Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province nearly two years ago, have offered to pay Iran billions of dollars in war reparations...
Thatcher was under far less pressure in Britain to search for a solution that would restore permanent peace to the South Atlantic. Opposition Leader Michael Foot renewed his standing plea that the government try once again to reach a negotiated settlement through the U.N. The most passionate argument against continued fighting came from Labor M.P. Leo Abse, who asked in Commons that Thatcher "stop playing at being a warrior queen...
...claims of Argentina and Chile to the Beagle Channel islands and the adjoining strait in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. That argument had threatened to erupt into war between the two countries until the claimants agreed to accept papal mediation. According to unofficial reports, the suggested terms of settlement award three islands to Chile and put the surrounding waters under shared sovereignty. Chile has declared itself ready to accept the solution. Argentina has not. Until the Falklands crisis forced a visit as a quid pro quo for the British trip, John Paul was unwilling to set foot...