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...Rabin's Labor-led coalition pledged to ``freeze'' settlements upon taking office in 1992, the government actually plans to complete 30,000 additional housing units, prompting widespread Arab demonstrations and threats by Palestinian officials to quit the peace talks. Two weeks ago, the Israelis promised Arafat what Environment Minister Yossi Sarid called ``a very deep freeze, one with no nonsense.'' But after the Beit Lid massacre, the government approved the construction and sale of 4,000 units in occupied land around Jerusalem. Says Mohammed Subieh, the Cairo-based general secretary of the P.L.O.'s parliament-like Palestine National Council: ``Rabin...
...mosque massacre, the government slapped a curfew on Jews in Hebron and Kiryat Arba, an unprecedented step in applying to Jews a remedy used regularly against Palestinian troublemakers. Government ministers emerging from a Cabinet meeting after the Hebron slaughter discussed a number of other ideas with reporters. Environment Minister Yossi Sarid spoke of expelling militant settlers from the territories. Education Minister Amnon Rubinstein advocated completely outlawing Kach, the political party established by Kahane, with which Goldstein was affiliated. The party is already barred from participating in elections. Tourism Minister Uzi Baram suggested disarming Kachniks...
...realize for secular Jews in the liberal United States it is impossible to keep Jewish continuity," Yossi Beilin said. "What we will have to see is either religious Jews in the United States or a very small concentration of secular Jews who will make aliyah [immigrate to Israel] if they wish to contribute as secular Jews...
...official, the negotiators in Oslo discussed allowing the entire executive committee of the P.L.O. to relocate to the territories. Although Israeli officials won't say so explicitly, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat will surely be among them. "It is not that he can come tomorrow," says Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin. "That still should be discussed...
Nearly two years after the start of official peace talks, first in Madrid and later in Washington, deadlocked negotiations lent special urgency to the back-channel talks. Immediately after meeting Kriah, Hirschfeld called a high- ranking friend, Yossi Beilin, Deputy Foreign Minister and an aggressive dove. Beilin was interested but noncommittal. Nevertheless, he extended what Pundak describes as a "very long leash" -- in effect, carte blanche to explore all possibilities and report back at every stage of the contacts. Ever since the Labor Party regained power last year, Israel had begun opening the process. In fact, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres...