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Not quite. In a predawn meeting at the Cairo airport, Palestine Liberation Organization negotiator Mahmoud Abbas had briefed P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat on the details. Arafat had then flown to Tunis to convene a meeting of the organization's executive committee. That night Arafat flew back to Cairo for a...
P.L.O. leaders in Tunis are scrambling to police their volatile countrymen and firm up plans for the political and economic administration of the Gaza Strip and Jericho, the first territories they are to take over. Last week the mood at headquarters was subdued, reflecting concern among senior staffers that the...
One important item was reportedly settled last week: the Palestinian National Authority, the board that will govern the Gaza Strip and Jericho until elections are held next year, is to consist of 20 members, 10 from the P.L.O. executive committee in Tunis and 10 from the occupied territories. Arafat will...
All of these new arrangements await the Israeli handover. Negotiations are making progress on some issues, but have run into major obstacles over security matters. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher is visiting the region this week, and that could encourage a speedy solution. He will talk with Rabin first...
Q. Some people think it will be difficult for the P.L.O. leaders in Tunis to cooperate with Palestinian leaders in the territories.