Word: yassir
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...call upon all people of conscience throughout the world to condemn such heinous crimes. In particular, we call upon Yassir Arafat to make greater efforts to prevent these acts of terror from occurring. We welcome his unequivocal condemnation of the bombings and hope that he will put actions behind his words, to help make Israel-and the entire region-a place where people do not have to face death on their way to work every morning...
...Yassir Arafat then arrests and imprisons a number of suspects belonging to Hamas. Shimon Peres announces that peace negotiations will continue. For the week immediately after the attack, some Israelis feel uncomfortable riding the buses in Israel; people feel unsafe in their own country...
...wave of suicide bombings, the latest occurring in Tel Aviv on October 19, 1994 killing 22 people. TIME's Jamil Hamad reports from the West Bank that after Palestinian security forces confirmed the murder on the radio, Hamas activists began chanting anti-Israeli slogans and pledged a revenge killing. "Yassir Arafat reportedly summoned high ranking officials to discuss the consequences of the killing and may cancel his upcoming trip to Jerusalem as a result," Hamad says. The Israeli government has advised Israelis not to travel to Palestinian autonomous areas for fear of Islamic attacks. "Most Palestinians agree," Hamad concludes, "that...
...week ago today, The New York. Times reported the kidnapping of Nachshon Waxman, an Israeli soldier, by members of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group. Right underneath, another article revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin and PLO leader Yassir Arafat would share the Nobel Peace Prize...
Never before has the Nobel Peace Prize been so ironic and meaningless, Ironic, because the peace that it celebrates is still fragile and elusive, barely able to withstand the violence and hatred that is mustered against it. And meaningless because Yassir Arafat's hands are covered with the blood of the recently slain Israeli soldier...