Word: yossi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life if he dared serve on such a delegation without at least tacit P.L.O. approval, Israel continues to insist that it will never agree to contacts with "terrorist organizations." "It is now clear to us that this is to be a Palestinian delegation appointed by the P.L.O.," said Yossi Ben-Aharon, director of the Prime Minister's office...
...politicians -- especially Middle Eastern politicians -- are wont to do, Shamir was fudging the facts. Jamil Tarifi, a West Bank lawyer associated with the P.L.O., confirmed the talks and implied that he would report on the meeting to P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat. By meeting with Tarifi, insisted Labor Party official Yossi Beilin, Shamir made the P.L.O. leader implicitly part of the bargaining process. Said Beilin: "That there is negotiation with the P.L.O. is quite clear...
This year's awardees are: Kyu-Chul Choi, from Seoul, South Korea; Monica Flores Correa, from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Yossi Melman, from Tel Aviv, Israel; and Goenawan Mohamad from Jakarta, Indonesia...
...many American Jews balked at being used as extras in Shamir's biblical unity epic. Some of those invited journeyed to Jerusalem with misgivings; others stayed home. The open criticism from American Jews is raising fears in Jerusalem, which depends on the U.S. for military and economic survival. Says Yossi Ahimeir, director of the Prime Minister's bureau: "When the U.S. Administration sees that support of American Jews for Israel is diminishing, it can allow itself to take more critical positions...
...Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin came under withering fire from opposition parties on both the right and left. Hard-liners charged the army was not doing enough. Doves attacked Rabin for the mounting death toll. "This policy is not only killing Palestinians but also the souls of Israeli soldiers," said Yossi Sarid of the left-wing Citizen's Rights Movement. Hecklers finally drove Rabin from the parliamentary chamber...