Word: yasser
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operation was carefully planned and was scheduled, then delayed, at least once, two days beforehand. In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, concern rose that Islamic militants would take revenge not only on Israel but also on its partner in peacemaking, the Palestinian Authority headed by Yasser Arafat. An Islamic backlash could hamper the smooth running of the first Palestinian general elections, scheduled...
...federal judge has ordered PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat to give a deposition in a lawsuit concerning the 1985 slaying of an American aboard a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton gave Arafat until January 12 to give his deposition, and said the PLO could be held liable if he does not cooperate in the suit. A New Jersey travel agency filed the lawsuit, which blames a PLO faction for the 3-day hijacking of the Achille Lauro and the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound elderly man, whom terrorists threw into the sea off Egypt...
...PALESTINIAN WHO IS AN ADVOCATE of peace, I am very saddened by the assassination of Rabin. Peace sometimes is very costly, but as Yasser Arafat said, this is the peace of the brave. The Palestinians lost a peace partner; the Israelis lost a peacemaker; and the world lost a good leader. There are hard-liners on both sides who oppose peace, but we shall not reward them by breaking down. We must continue with the process, as Rabin would have wanted us to do. MOHAMED HASSAN Hemet, California...
...last Saturday, senior correspondent Scott MacLeod met with Yasser Arafat in his Gaza headquarters for a one-hour interview. Arafat, sitting under a poster of Jerusalem, seemed drained of energy, shocked and worried. Excerpts: TIME: It was a terrible week...
...former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, gathered in Jerusalem as assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was laid to rest on Mount Herzl, burial ground of Israeli heroes. Grieving Israelis exhausted the country's supply of mourning candles and stood weeping as a two-minute siren sounded. p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who did not attend the funeral, later made a quiet 90-minute visit to Tel Aviv to offer condolences to Rabin's widow Leah...