Word: shimon
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...United Nations, Cairo, Jerusalem and Ramallah suggests a renewed attempt to contain the recent escalation of violence, and to follow the Mitchell Report's recommendations on triage for the stricken peace process. German foreign minister Joschka Fischer on Tuesday persuaded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres to hold a new round of face-to-face talks, under his auspices, at some point in the near future...
...While a bottom-up "unity government" begins to take shape on the Palestinian street, Sharon's own unity government is showing a few signs of strain. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, architect of the Oslo Accord, criticized last week's seizure of Orient House as a tactical mistake - and it's easy to see why. The move brought fierce international criticism, even from Washington, and turned the focus of the international community away from the suicide bombing. It also painted Sharon into a corner: Because Orient House had no official status in Israeli-Palestinian agreements, it will be politically difficult...
...Neither side has fought by the Queensberry rules in the decades-old struggle between Israel and the Palestinians, and that may pose problems for Israeli officials on a European continent where enthusiasm for cross-border human-rights prosecutions has been aroused by the Pinochet and Milosevic indictments. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres maintains that the same principle could be applied against any Palestinian representative who had been involved in terrorist actions and wreak havoc with European efforts to engage with both sides. That argument may resonate with politicians engaged in trying to revive the peace process, but it?s unlikely...
...Once a radical leftist, he exiled himself to France in the 1960s and made a career as a Paris banker. He spent his off hours promoting Middle East peace, becoming friends with Shimon Peres and other Israeli leaders as well as Palestinians like Issam Sartawi, who was assassinated in 1982 for pursuing secret talks with Israel. In 1991, King Hassan II asked Azoulay to return home to advise him on economic matters. He stayed on after the King's death...
...assume, for a moment, that by some miracle the cease-fire manages to stick. That's when the real political crisis comes on both sides. The public spat that came when Sharon ordered foreign minister Shimon Peres to stay away from a meeting with Yasser Arafat was a reminder that while it is united on security matters, Israel's unity government will struggle to speak with one voice on the question of peace...