Word: yasser
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...first major challenge to Arafat's authority will come from the Hamas strongholds around Nablus and Hebron, the second will come from East Jerusalem. The one thing Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin may have in common is their age. And when observers consider the next generation of Palestinian leadership, they look less to the group in Tunis than they do to Faisal al-Husseini, Sari Nusseibah and other West Bank establishment figures. They too have developed influence and authority within the territories in Arafat's absence. If Arafat is slow to deliver on his promises or seems unable to govern...
...Letter signed in Tunis by Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat...
...aggressive international mischief, it might have sustained its oppressive empire for many more years. The unrelenting pressure from the U.S. and NATO that forced Moscow into bankruptcy opened the way for dissent that swelled to overwhelming dimensions. A whole realignment of the geopolitical stars brought Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat to their fateful accord: the end of the cold war eliminated superpower rivalry for the affections of Arab states, and made Israel realize that it could not count on a strategic alliance with the U.S.; victory in the Gulf War made the U.S. the sole regional power, opened the door...
Brushing aside the protests of hard-liners on both sides, Israel recognized the P.L.O. as the representative of the Palestinian people and the P.L.O. recognized Israel's right to exist unmolested. Yasser Arafat also suggested that Palestinian residents of the occupied territories end their nearly six- year-long anti-Israeli rebellion. Other long-standing Middle East stalemates began to budge as well: Jordan was poised to conclude an "agenda for peace" with Israel as soon as a P.L.O. deal for self-rule was signed. Following Israel's lead, the U.S. will also begin direct talks with the P.L.O...
...face agreements invariably fades as the vital enabling details are fashioned. Thus while Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin reached beyond Washington's mediation in the 1970s, cementing the eventual Egyptian-Israeli treaty required Jimmy Carter's skill at Camp David. The play today is similar. As only they could, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin have set the course, but America's continuing involvement is inevitable...