Word: wye
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Wednesday 2:15 a.m. The phone rang. Outside, in the quiet Maryland fall night, the Wye River whispered. Benjamin Netanyahu had finally made it back to his bedroom after negotiating for a full day, the last three hours with President Bill Clinton, who had just helicoptered back to the White House. The night had been a long give-and-take over security issues; a give-and-take that seemed to be moving in the same circles the Israelis and Palestinians had traveled for months, even years. "Hello?" Netanyahu said. "Happy Birthday." It was Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, calling...
...Wye Summit will likely be studied by diplomatic historians for years to come. After nine days of tense negotiations and high drama, Israel and the Palestinians signed an agreement last Friday that will push forward the heretofore stalled implementation of the Oslo Accords. Both sides made significant concessions, including the implementation of points agreed upon at Oslo as well as new ones, and both deserve the commendation of the international community for taking the brave steps necessary for a true and lasting peace...
Unfortunately, the most difficult and contentious issues of the peace process, such as the nature of the Palestinian entity and the status of Jerusalem, await resolution in the coming months. If Wye is any indication, there is a rocky road ahead...
Benjamin Netanyahu may be under fire at home, but don't expect him to be toppled. As West Bank settlers barricaded roads, right-wingers in Israel's parliament failed on Monday to pass a no-confidence vote over the Wye agreement. "The opposition has promised to back Netanyahu over the agreement," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "That doesn't mean they won't push for early election so that they can unseat him and take forward the peace process themselves...
...well have to face the electorate as early as next March, but the Israeli leader's reluctant signature at Wye could be a strategy to keep his job. "Netanyahu knew centrist voters would reject him if he didn't sign," says Beyer. "Polls show that an overwhelming majority of Israelis back this agreement. The right-wing opposition is very vocal, but it's a minority." That doesn't mean that Netanyahu has reversed his own ideological opposition to trading land for peace. Says Beyer, "Netanyahu can live with this deal because he knows...