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After flying back to Tunis to consult with his aides on the weekend before his Geneva address, Arafat finally rejected advice from some Palestinians that he give up on the U.S. until Shultz was gone. That, Arafat decided, would stall the promising P.L.O. peace drive too long and ruin his...
The U.S. lost no time following up on its commitment. The next day U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Pelletreau, the "only authorized channel" for the discourse, telephoned P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis to arrange a meeting Friday at a state guesthouse in nearby Carthage. Pelletreau and a four-member P.L.O. delegation...
As host nation for the U.N., the U.S. is generally obliged to permit anyone to bring his case to the world organization, though it reserves the right to exclude security threats. In 1974 Arafat appeared before the General Assembly, an empty pistol holster conspicuous on his hip. At first, Shultz...
A. Not true. What about the bombing of my residence in Tunis ((in 1985)) -- four buildings destroyed, 74 killed, 122 wounded. And the same during the Beirut fighting ((in 1982)). They tried to snipe at me by airplane. ((Israeli General Ariel)) Sharon said, "We will get him." But he did...
Arafat can claim little responsibility for the eruption of anger in the occupied territories last December. It took several weeks for the P.L.O. to align itself with the intifadeh's loose-knit command. To this day, the bulk of intifadeh authority resides with local popular committees. Still, the intifadeh's...