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...fewer than the 250,000 who heard King or attended the 20th-anniversary celebration in 1983. While the original march concerned the basic right to public access and the vote, the current agenda is more complicated. The rally listed more than a dozen legislative goals, including D.C. statehood, the ERA and comprehensive sanctions against South Africa...
...adopted in 1947, the year before Israel was founded, it called for Palestine to be divided into two states, one Jewish, one Arab. By accepting the resolution, albeit 41 years after it was initially offered, the P.L.O. for the first time would be acknowledging Israel's legal right to statehood. As one of the P.L.O.'s draft proposals puts it, "The Palestinian people do not desire the annihilation of the state of Israel. Rather, they wish to live peacefully as its neighbor...
...West Bank, some Palestinians regard Hussein's withdrawal as a positive step toward some form of Palestinian statehood, and believe the moment is right for the P.L.O. to create a government-in-exile in the occupied territories. Others are less sanguine. On Saturday, Israeli television reported that authorities had seized an embryonic "declaration of independence" drawn up by Palestinian leaders. Many Palestinians fear that Hussein has opened the door to annexation by Israel...
Policy. Jackson won commitments to emphasize District of Columbia statehood and quickie voter registration. No big deal; Dukakis had been in favor anyway...
...Cuomo prepared to leave, a reporter asked him if he supported statehood for Puerto Rico. "I don't know. I support Mike Dukakis. How does Mike Dukakis stand on statehood for Puerto Rico?" Cuomo asked...