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...Shultz ignored so much contrary advice? "This decision," explained one of his senior aides, "was a reflection of Shultz's deep psyche." Associates point to his long-avowed vendetta against terrorism. A friend, Robert Ames, was among the dead in the truck bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Schultz was singled out by anonymous terrorists as the target of a car bomb placed near a Jerusalem hotel where he was staying in March...
...Shultz had also been frustrated in every attempt to move the many parties in the Middle East toward peace -- and he seemed to blame Arab leaders far more than Israeli intransigence for his failures. His personal distrust of the Arabs stems from their regular rejection of his initiatives, such as the 1983 Lebanon accord, which was immediately scuttled by Syria. At the same time, his support for Israel, despite provocations like the Pollard spy affair, has been unflagging...
Privately, some hands at State were dismayed by Shultz's decision. Said one: "Sometimes he acts like the old Marine he once was. The Arabs caused him grief, and this is the way to get back at them...
...resounding count of 151 to 2, the U.N. deplored the U.S. refusal to grant a visa to Yasser Arafat so that he could address the General Assembly. The Arab- sponsored resolution gave Washington 24 hours to "reconsider and reverse" its decision. As expected, Secretary of State George Shultz, who made the decision in the first place, refused to yield, reasserting that Arafat, as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was an "accessory" to terrorism and consequently barred under American law from entering the U.S. Two days later the General Assembly passed a second resolution, by a vote...
...Palestinian intifadeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. That uprising, more than any other event, has thrust the Palestinian issue to the forefront of the international agenda. Just as repressive Israeli measures altered some perceptions about the Palestinians and generally bolstered international sympathy for their cause, Shultz's refusal to grant a visa put Arafat in the headlines and renewed debate on whether the U.S. should acknowledge the P.L.O. as the sole representative of the Palestinian people...