Word: yasser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...your report on the meeting between Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat's wife, and Hillary Clinton [WORLD, Dec. 6], you referred to Suha's "bottle-blond tresses." I never knew that hair color was a quality that determined the competence of an individual. Perhaps to be fair minded you should also have commented on the tresses of Hillary Clinton; her hair today is virtually the same shade as Suha's. But Hillary has not been a natural blond since she was a child. Maybe the two women even use the same commercial shade! Let's forget the size, colors and looks...
...good news is that Barak wants to negotiate by mid-February the outlines of a settlement with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and begin talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad on returning the Golan Heights. The aging Arafat and Assad both realize this is probably their best and last chance to reach agreements. But Arafat and Barak are still haggling over a small parcel of Israeli-occupied territory. Albright wants to stay out of petty real estate disputes and keep Barak and Arafat focused on resolving bigger questions. But the men still distrust one another so much that it's hard...
...advance." Which may be why Barak will come to Washington himself rather than send his own foreign minister. The Syrians, after all, have one of the most powerful armies in the region, and they have to be treated with a little more respect than Israel accords the likes of Yasser Arafat...
...Still, Yasser Arafat, according to a close aide, was "furious" with his wife for embarrassing Clinton. "He didn't appreciate having to defend her to American and European diplomats," says the aide. The Arafats are accustomed to playing a defensive game. Suha, 36, with her bottle-blond tresses, Louis Feraud suits and French fashion magazines, was not the wife most Palestinians had imagined for their austere leader, 70, whose dedication to their liberation is symbolized in his olive drabs, stubbly beard and standard explanation (since abandoned) that he remained a bachelor because he was married to a woman called Palestine...
...good news is that Barak wants to negotiate by mid-February the outlines of a settlement with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and begin talks with Syrian president Hafez Assad on returning the Golan Heights. Arafat and Assad, both ailing, realize this is probably their best and last chance to reach agreements. But Arafat and Barak are still haggling over a small parcel of Israeli-occupied territory. Albright wants to stay out of petty real estate disputes and keep Barak and Arafat focused on resolving bigger questions. But the men still distrust one another so much that it's hard...