Word: shamir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arafat's excruciating conversion earned the P.L.O. a dialogue with Washington, but brought on nightmares in Jerusalem. Pressure mounted from the Bush Administration and American Jews, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir finally countered with an initiative last spring that calls for elections among Palestinians in the territories. Representatives chosen there would negotiate a period of autonomy with Israel, to be followed by the promise of talks on a final settlement...
...game of hot potato ever since. The main obstacle: how to assemble a Palestinian delegation that gives Arafat a voice but allows Israel to pretend that the P.L.O. is not party to negotiations. So far, no formula has been found. While the U.S. is growing impatient with Shamir's delaying tactics, President Bush appears unwilling to expend his political capital by pressuring Shamir. Privately, many U.S. officials have concluded that Shamir is incapable of compromise...
...Israeli government refuses to rise to the occasion by entering into negotiations with the representatives of the Palestinian people (the P.L.O.) for one reason: Half the government does not recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-determination. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir does not see Israeli occupation of the territories as a temporary measure, but as an indefinite policy of ruling over Palestinians against their will...
This became clear in July, when he amended his "peace proposal" to preclude explicitly the exchange of land for peace. When Shamir and his American apologists question the honesty of the Palestinians or the strength of Israel, they only do so in order to detract attention from their lack of commitment to a just peace...
...expect us to influence Shamir," said Jonathan Springer '90, a member of the Harvard Progressive Jewish Alliance. "But it's important for grassroots' work, and possibly working to influence U.S. policy...