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Something tragic is happening in Israel and its occupied territories. For five weeks mayhem and bloodshed have engulfed the land, particularly the Gaza Strip and the towns of the West Bank, as the Palestinians who have lived in a wary truce with their Israeli rulers for two decades have let the world know that enough is enough. Each day last week brought another killing or two, raising the death toll since early December to at least 36. The Israelis seemed bewildered by the chaos, uncertain what to do next as they came to realize that they were fighting not just...
...talking directly with the Sandinistas, and Managua said it would bargain only through advisers. "We are at an impasse," said Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nicaragua, who serves as a mediator between the belligerent parties. The two sides agreed to a two-day Christmas truce, but Sandinistas accused the contras of numerous violations. The rebels denied the charges. In Managua, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra angrily blamed the U.S. for sabotaging the talks by aiding the contra offensive...
...resign, Ortega packed the court with his supporters. A national dialogue also collapsed last week after 14 opposition parties walked out, charging that the government had not responded to their proposals for constitutional reform. The events dulled the impact of Ortega's promise to observe a two-day Christmas truce and to send "technical advisers" to participate this week in direct talks with the contras...
Ortega said that during a one-month cease-fire the Sandinistas unilaterally declared October 5, the rebels "mounted strong attacks against towns and didn't stop murdering during those 30 days. Under these conditions it is impossible to accept a new truce...
Meeting with representatives of both sides of the conflict last week in the Dominican Republic, Obando y Bravo proposed a truce from December 22 to January 6, as a first step toward a wider truce under a Central American peace plan...