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...track. Israel had threatened to scrub May negotiations on the unresolved status of Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and jurisdiction of Jerusalem if the PNC did not remove the clauses. PNC inaction might also have dealt a blow to the reelection bid of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who faces a stiff challenge from Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections May 29. With the PNC vote, the ball is now in Peres' court. The PLO is hoping Israel will hasten the redeployment of troops in Hebron and ease the closure restrictions on Gaza and the West...
...track. Israel had threatened to scrub May negotiations on the unresolved status of Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and jurisdiction of Jerusalem if the PNC did not remove the clauses. PNC inaction might also have dealt a blow to the reelection bid of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who faces a stiff challenge from Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections May 29. With the PNC vote, the ball is now in Peres' court. The PLO is hoping Israel will hasten the redeployment of troops in Hebron and ease the closure restrictions on Gaza and the West...
...Lebanon since 1982. The crisis was touched off by two recent Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel--both of which were themselves provoked by Israeli episodes involving the death of several Lebanese civilians outside the nine-mile "security zone" that Israel occupies in Lebanon. On Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres ordered three strikes against the Hizballah in Lebanon, including the raid on Beirut in which the missiles smashed into a suspected Hizballah operations building...
...Lebanon. Israeli gunners, firing at Hizballah guerrillas, hit civilians who had taken refuge at a U.N. camp. Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak called the attack an "unfortunate mistake," while King Hussein of Jordan and other Arab leaders deplored Israel's "malicious aggression" and "criminal military operations." Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres repeated his existing offer to stop military operations against Hizballah if the guerrillas would end their own attacks. President Clinton urgently called for a cease-fire on Friday, while the UN unanimously approved a motion calling for an end to the fighting. Both appeals went unheard as Hizballah fired...
...Premier Yitzhak Rabin; in Tel Aviv. The Jewish ultra-rightist brought new depths of meaning to the word unrepentant, grinning and yawning through a trial in which he freely admitted he shot Rabin to derail peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Amir's fellow extremists are taunting Rabin's successor, Shimon Peres, by chanting Amir's name...