Word: shimon
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...level diplomatic relations come after years of sketchy and often secret ties between the Jewish state and the North African country. Specifics of the arrangement sound a lot like the Israel-Jordan peace accord, with a strong focus on business interests. That's not surprising: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said the breakthrough came in part because Morocco, like Jordan, wants to join the march toward regional economic cooperation...
...scene was novel -- and euphoric: Israel's Foreign Minister Shimon Peres sitting at a table near the Dead Sea on the Jordanian side of the border last week across from his counterpart from Amman, Prime Minister Abdul Salam Majali. Meeting for the first time publicly on Jordanian territory, the two men started talking about taking practical steps that would all but end the state of war that has existed between their two countries since...
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Saturday: "Assad had the possibility to be either first or last (in the peace process). And when he lost the option to be first it seems to me that the option that interests him is to be last...
Ending 27 years of occupation, Israel completed its withdrawal from a self- rule enclave in the Gaza Strip. The pullout "corrects a tremendous mistake," said Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. A rump force of Israeli soldiers will remain to protect the 19 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. At week's end, Islamic militants killed two Israeli soldiers at a border checkpoint...
...Conference Center, gathered to see Israel and the P.L.O. seal an agreement to begin Palestinian self-rule, were astonished by the drama unfolding among the dignitaries onstage. For 35 minutes, while the principals came and went from the podium, their attention was all too plainly elsewhere. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres remonstrated with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, Prime Minister ^ Yitzhak Rabin with Peres, Arafat with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev with Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Rabin kept shrugging angrily while Arafat stood stonefaced. Then the entire group walked off the stage...