Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conflicts between Jews and Arabs, that over Jerusalem is the most complex and intractable. It is so deeply rooted in centuries of political and religious strife that each side is passionately determined to have its way. As long as there is no settlement, every terrorist bomb on the West Bank contains the danger of escalation: rioting, warfare, spreading oil cutoffs, a new confrontation of the superpowers. Arab claims on Jerusalem range from demands for Islamic sovereignty over the Muslim holy places to more contentious proposals for a Palestinian Arab capital in the east of the city, and even to wild...
Nationalism and the domestic political concerns of the two governments are the main hurdles which could prevent a diplomatic settlement, the experts said. "The British, who are normally understated, are passionately nationalistic, especially in this time of their declining influence abroad," said Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government...
Three long nights of negotiations last week resulted in a proposal which the two groups plan to offer in court as an alternative to continuing the nine-month-old litigation, Vellucci said. A Federal District Court judge will decide whether to allow the private settlement...
...tentative settlement reached last week, which must still be ratified by the full membership of the teachers' union, states that...
Vellucci said he decided to work for a private settlement because of the "wasteful" expenditure by the city of about $144,000 on legal fees before the case even reached the trial stage...