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...Jewish Sabbath last Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres felt the moment was right for a glass of Yardin champagne. Israelis consider this their finest drink, and Peres was convinced that nothing but the best would do, given what was about to occur. Earlier in the week, he had seen his peacemaking stance with the Palestinians pay off when the P.L.O. changed its charter, removing passages that denied Israel's right to exist. Now, the Prime Minister had a settlement to celebrate on a second front. He and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher were preparing to announce that Grapes...
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Shimon Peres will decide within in a week whether to proceed with the withdrawal of troops from the West Bank town of Hebron. The pullback, which was supposed to have begun in March, was put on hold after suicide bombings that killed 63. Worried about recent warnings of terrorist attacks by groups opposed to the peace process with the Palestinians, Peres has said he might consider postponing the withdrawal. A might be the politically smart thing to do as elections approach, says Jerusalem Bureau Chief Lisa Beyer: "The pullout from Hebron is certainly going to entail...
HEBRON, West Bank: The stabbing of an Israeli settler by a Palestinian in Hebron on Wednesday added fuel to an already raging inferno of debate over Israel's agreement to pull out its troops from the city. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres is under increasing pressure from religious and right-wing parties to delay the troop withdrawal until after elections May 29. The parties hope the right- wing Likud party will win the election and back out of the pullout agreement with Palestinians. "Hebron is a tinderbox," Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer says. "It is a tense place even under...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton began two days of Middle East peace talks Monday by signing a joint declaration on terrorism with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. In finalizing an anti-terrorism accord begun at a March meeting in Egypt, President Clinton pledged $100 million in aid to help Israel to fight terrorists. Under the deal, the U.S. will provide Israel with equipment and technological assistance while also sharing intelligence resources and experts. It allows for the extradition of terrorists and forms a joint committee on counter-terrorism. Peace in the region will not come by "turning the other cheek," said...
...never got the chance. Today, though, with Rabin a martyr and Peres his successor, what was said back then is worth recording. Sitting in his spare Tel Aviv office--his clean desk marred only by an ashtray and the cigarettes he chain-smoked to distraction--Rabin began: "Shimon is in love with an idea, land for peace. Sometimes that's fine. Obviously we wouldn't have peace with Egypt if we hadn't given up the Sinai. But I worry that in seeking a larger peace, Peres, to prove that he's tough, might overreact in a way that...