Word: shimon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...easy to say you are going to abide by past peace agreements, but people are looking for concrete steps. This is the first step that has to be taken, and it shouldn't be subject to negotiation." Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat did not contest former Prime Minister Shimon Peres' decision to delay the withdrawal until after elections in May. Silver reports that the Palestinians will be much less accommodating to the new hard-line Israeli government. "If the whole thing disintegrates, there is a serious danger of violence," Silver says. "People talk about the return to the intifada...
...election of Benjamin Netanyahu six weeks ago as Israel's new prime minister has discouraged some proponents of the ongoing Middle East peace process. Netanyahu has vowed to take a harder line than did his predecessors, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, on trusting the surrounding Arab nations on security and economic matters...
...most unfortunate that so many leaders who have dedicated everything to peace in the Middle East have fallen, either to ballots or to bullets. Shimon Peres was not a consummate politician, but then a consummate politician would not have risked everything for his cause. What Peres has proved himself to be is a decent human being--and a true visionary. What greater honor could be bestowed upon him than for the U.N. to name him as its next Secretary-General? No diplomat on the world stage has been so dedicated to the cause of peace and so tireless in pursuing...
Your correspondents in Israel paint a picture of the Israeli right as warmongers, anxiously awaiting battle with the Arab residents of Israel. I voted for Netanyahu. As the mother of five sons, I have no desire to pursue war with anyone. Netanyahu was elected because Shimon Peres too easily forgot Arafat's history as a murderer. We are hoping Netanyahu will remember whom he is dealing with and will present a more rigid guideline of negotiation. Arafat and his followers should recognize that Israel cannot be divided into any more pieces. JUDY BRETON Alon Shvut, Israel
...talks, he has just returned from Washington, where he and the Clinton Administration's top Middle East hands held yet another strategy session. For the peace process to go forward as planned, all that remains is for the voters to confirm what the pre-election surveys were showing--that Shimon Peres would serve another term as Prime Minister...