Word: statehooder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Palestinians, meanwhile, have much to lose as the agreement now stands. The basic problem revolves around statehood: the Palestinian people want a separate Palestinian state, but the Israelis have always claimed that there is no space for such a state between Israel and Jordan. In my opinion there will only be real peace if Israel compromises its position on statehood...
...negotiators. The size of the area around Jericho that the P.L.O. will administer has reportedly been resolved, but the border-control dispute was seen as more crucial since it so sharply reflects the negotiations' essential conflict: Israel's concern for security and the Palestinians' desire for the trappings of statehood...
Citizens of Puerto Rico voted 48% to 46% in favor of remaining a commonwealth of the U.S. instead of pursuing statehood status. As a result, Puerto Ricans will still enjoy nearly all the rights of U.S. citizenship along with special tax breaks. And the island can continue to field its own Olympic teams...
...statehood had won, then [Congress] wouldhave been forced to take a long, hard look at theissue," Lopez said. "Until you face Congress toshow what they're willing to grant, [voting] is anexercise in futility...
Graduate student Jorge R. Marquina, whosupports Puerto Rican statehood, said he wasdisappointed by the outcome of the vote. "Roughlyhalf [of Puerto Rico] is afraid to change, so theycling to the present, this commonwealth, [whichis] a colony of another name," he said...