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...pieces aboard an Israeli bus in Tel Aviv this morning, dramatically escalating the shadowy war between Israel and the militant Islamic group, the only one opposing the Israel-P.L.O. peace accords. At least 48 people were wounded. The attack -- which prompted worldwide condemnation and forced Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to rush back from London -- was one of the worst in the annals of Middle East fighting. Shortly before 3 a.m. EDT, a 10-kilo bomb eviscerated the crowded No. 5 city bus, just as it had pulled alongside another bus in downtown morning traffic, blowing body parts, apparently from...
...same day that Hamas terrorists murdered Nachshon Waxman, a joint American and Israeli citizen, a committee in Sweden announced its decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chair Yasaer Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. In so doing the committee reinforced and validated a dangerous misconception about the meaning of the word "peace...
Jordan and Israel finished a draft peace treaty after an all-nighter to iron out quibbles over borders and water rights, the second surprise announcement of progress toward a formal end to hostilities in less than a week. The Israeli Cabinet approved the document today, hours after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed it in Amman. Both countries' legislatures are expected to ratify the document by week's end, and a final version will likely be signed Oct. 26 on the Israel-Jordan border. President Clinton, who hosted the two leaders for a Washington handshake...
...Middle East flare-up doesn't exactly set the perfect tone for the announcement expected tomorrow: that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat have won the Nobel Peace Prize...
...granddaddy of the Nobel awards -- the peace prize -- will go to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat on Friday, the Norwegian daily Aftenposten reported today. But the notion of honoring the duo, who clinched the Sept. 13, 1993 accord for Mideast peace, has reportedly tied the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in knots. Sources close to the deliberations told the Oslo paper that former Norwegian government minister Kaare Kristiansen, one of five Peace Prize Committee members and a longtime Israel supporter, has vowed to step down in protest because he still considers Arafat a terrorist. TIME Copenhagen...