Word: yaacobi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reasoned and pragmatic tone, inviting the Palestinian negotiators for an informal parley before the next formal session in Rome, in a month or two, and pledging to bargain continuously until agreement is reached. "Rabin believes that the expectations the Israeli public has of him are very high," says Gad Yaacobi, designated to become Israel's next U.N. ambassador. "He would like to fulfill them early on in his term so as not to erode his political capital." In a more concrete vein, Housing Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer announced that the government was for the moment freezing all public housing starts...