Word: yasser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anti-Israel clauses of their national charter -- something Washington says Arafat's people have already done. "The delays we've already seen from the Israelis suggest that there'll be more," says Beyer. "But at least the cabinet vote has cleared the first obstacle to implementing the deal." Still, Yasser Arafat may be hoping Saddam doesn't play ball any time soon...
Bibi Netanyahu never lacks for an excuse. He delayed a scheduled cabinet vote on the Wye peace accord Tuesday, claiming Yasser Arafat hadn't satisfied the security requirements of the Wye accord -- even though the U.S. has certified that the Palestinians are in full compliance. That's after postponing Israeli West Bank withdrawals on Monday, on the grounds that his cabinet hadn't yet approved them. "Netanyahu is under strong pressure at home and abroad to carry out the deal," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "But he has no enthusiasm for surrendering any territory to the Palestinians...
...Israelis and Palestinians had traveled for months, even years. "Hello?" Netanyahu said. "Happy Birthday." It was Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, calling to congratulate the Prime Minister on his 49th. "Is that really all you called for?" said Netanyahu. A few hours later, he had another surprise: flowers from Yasser Arafat. And a call from some Palestinian delegates: "May we both have a good year," they wished. Forty-eight hours later, after almost no sleep and two near walkouts, "Bibi" Netanyahu stood in the East Room of the White House, where he called Arafat his "partner" and signed...
Leader of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat has accepted important anti-terrorism measures that will make his domestic situation similarly unpleasant. Particularly important are the concrete measures to confiscate illegal weapons and to monitor the incitement of violence; symbolically important is his agreement to delete passages from the PLO's constitution that call for Israel's destruction...
...year interim was designed -- to give both sides time to learn to trust each other in quid-pro-quo steps before tackling the most difficult hurdle. But, far from building mutual confidence, the last four years have been a disaster. Both sides are girding for confrontation next May, when Yasser Arafat intends to declare a Palestinian state regardless of Israel's objections. Indeed, a cynical view might hold that both sides came to Wye in order to position themselves most favorably in U.S. eyes for that confrontation. "Netanyahu's interest remains to have a peace process without an end point...