Word: wye
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...success King Hussein had as a force for peace in the past five years was remarkable; in failing health, the signing of a 1994 treaty with Yitzhak Rabin and his quiet hand behind both the Palestinians and the Israelis at the Wye River accord--his frail hand the crucial fourth at the signing table--showed a resolve to not let past mistakes prevent future triumph. "Our king," Clinton called him at a prayer breakfast Thursday, which must always seem a strange phrase out an American president's mouth. Yet Clinton was right that he was our king: In the past...
...Hussein's moderation, and the respect he enjoyed among friend and foe, made him the pivotal figure in the most recent turn of the peace process, when he rose from his sickbed at the Mayo clinic to coax Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a deal at the Wye River talks...
...Palestinian leader is eager not to waste any of the opportunities that have been granted to him by the political disarray in Israel. As the Israelis debate whom to elect and where to take their country following the tenuous Wye peace accords, Arafat has made it a point to remain focused on his immediate goal. "His number one priority is to improve his relationship with Washington," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "His principal strategy is aimed at undermining the United States' traditional pro-Israeli stance." Arafat and other Palestinian leaders believe that if they can warm U.S. officials...
...Wye agreement is not suspended. It is awaiting Palestinian compliance. I wish Arafat would stop the violence, stop calling for the release of terrorist murderers, comply with the other promises the Palestinians made to us. If they would comply with their obligations and cease their violations, we would implement the next phase well before the elections...
Netanyahu says he hopes to direct the campaign toward a single issue: Who is best suited to negotiate the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip? He argues that the Wye accord proves he can make peace, and that it is better to have a right-winger bargain over the final pact than a leftist who will make a sucker deal. It's a powerful argument, Netanyahu knows, and one that keeps him in the running...