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...announcement by the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) that it is formally ending its armed campaign to force Britain out of Northern Ireland [Aug. 8]. The story reminded me of 1993, when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo peace accords and shook hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We all applauded and thought that peace had finally come to the Middle East. We so wanted it to be true. But terrorists are con artists. Their promises are worthless. They are good at murdering innocents and then blaming the victims. Terrorists quit only when they are tired, afraid or outgunned...
...moved there at the time of the Oslo accords, when peace with the Palestinians seemed closer than ever, Avi never imagined that Dugit would be evacuated. Located so close to the Israeli border, these northern Gaza settlers were sure their villages would remain in Israeli hands. "It was Yitzhak Rabin (then Defense Minister) who gave the approval to establish Dugit," says Firouz. "He promised it would never be evacuated...
...foundering Middle East peace process. One obstacle is the unresolved question of Taba, the 250-acre patch of Sinai Desert coastline claimed by both Israel and Egypt. Peres is ready to submit the matter to international arbitration, as advocated by Mubarak. His coalition partner, Likud Leader and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, would probably go along with him because Shamir is anxious to avoid a clash that could jeopardize his chance of taking over as Prime Minister in October as scheduled. Some Likud Cabinet members oppose this solution, which they regard as giving in to Egyptian pressure. But after Peres threatened...
...week the Prime Minister won over the Likud ministers by implicitly threatening to resign and thus bring down the government. His secret weapon: the Likud's knowledge that it must not cause too much trouble between now and October, when Peres is due to exchange jobs with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, the Likud leader. Later in the week Peres scored a victory of another kind: the establishment of diplomatic relations with Spain for the first time. CANADA Markets on the Mind...
...Minister dominated for almost four decades, demonstrated that it was still ready for a fight. This time, however, the family members spent most of their time battling one another. The result: a schism within Herut, the backbone of the right-wing Likud bloc, between the followers of Party Leader Yitzhak Shamir, who is also Foreign Minister, and the combined forces of Deputy Prime Minister David Levy and Industry and Trade Minister Ariel Sharon. The melee raised questions not only about the future of Herut and Likud but about the ability of Shamir to take over as Prime Minister in October...