Word: statehooder
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...fend off criticism or even assassination by P.L.O. hard-liners who reject any moderation, Arafat insists, he must withhold concrete concessions until he sits at a negotiating table. Accordingly, the Stockholm statement accepted the fact of Israel's existence but did not acknowledge Israel's moral "right" to statehood. Arafat also seemed to hedge his renunciation of terrorism by insisting on the right of Palestinians to resist oppression "by any means at their disposal." Finally, Arafat seemed to go out of his way to downgrade the importance of the Stockholm statement when he failed to sign it and labeled...
...reverse its long-standing rejection of U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338, which - implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist. Needing a legal foundation for setting up a Palestinian state, Arafat cited the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947, previously denounced by the P.L.O. as illegal, which recognizes the right to statehood of both Jews and Arabs...
...Israel who refuse to negotiate with the PLO. Question 5 urges a more balanced approach to the entire conflict, an approach which stresses that both Palestinians and Israelis have equal rights to statehood and there must come a day when our government treats both peoples equally. Until that day, however, any claim that Question 5 is "one-sided" or "biased" against Israel, ignores the fact that America's Mideast policy is itself "one-sided" and "biased" in favor of Israel. Question 5 seeks to balance the scales...
...result, not only is time running out on statehood, but the District's right to "home rule" may soon be in jeopardy. McKinney's death and the recent retirements of Senators Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.) and Charles Mathias (R-Md.) have deprived the city of three of its major allies on the Hill...
...current District government has brought such Congressional pressure on itself and, more importantly, on its citizens. Any chance for statehood or for any other form of Congressional representation for the nation's capital has been squandered by District Mayor Marion Barry. He has run a scandalous administration which has made Congressional supporters of "home rule"--the right for an elected government and a mayor--cringe in dismay and opponents dance with glee...