Word: shimon
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...visit to Harvard of Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, originally scheduled for September 22, has been postponed to later in the semester, according to Hillel officers...
...fragility of the new order was obvious as the week progressed, and the recognition talks bore no immediate fruit. Both sides share an urgent desire to reach such an agreement, yet translating that into precise language is proving frustratingly difficult. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres insisted that the deal to give self-rule to the Gaza Strip and Jericho would be implemented even without the mutual-recognition pact, but formal, reciprocal acknowledgment of legitimacy is crucial to finding a broad, permanent settlement...
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, the man who negotiated the deal with the P.L.O., waxes poetic on this score: "Once we shall be over the disputes of the past, all of us will join forces to build a new Middle East like the United States or like United Europe: a continent or region of great tolerance, of real freedom, of science, of education, of understanding...
...noncommittal. Nevertheless, he extended what Pundak describes as a "very long leash" -- in effect, carte blanche to explore all possibilities and report back at every stage of the contacts. Ever since the Labor Party regained power last year, Israel had begun opening the process. In fact, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had already tentatively explored the possibility of opening back-channel talks with the P.L.O. with the help of Thorvald Stoltenberg, then Norway's Foreign Minister. The Norway link would prove fortunate...
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres suggested that Israel and the Palestinians were near agreement on a plan for limited Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. The arrangement would include the withdrawal of Israeli troops from population centers in those two places. Peres says he is hoping for "a breakthrough" during the round of peace talks that begins this week...