Schlagwort: Oslo peace process

  • Phil Hearse: Israel-PLO deal in Crisis

    [Socialism Today, No 1, September 1995, p. 8-9] In September 1993 PLO leader Yasser Arafat appeared on the White House lawn with Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, and US President Clinton, celebrating the Mid-East peace deal. Two years down the line, the accords secretly negotiated in Oslo are in severe crisis, threatening the…

  • Niall Mulholland: Bombs Hit Mid-East ‚Peace‘

    [Socialism Today, No 21, September 1997, p. 6-8] On 30 July two Palestinians strapped high explosives to their bodies and detonated themselves in Jerusalem’s crowded Manhaneh Yehuda street market. Fourteen people were killed as a result. “The Israeli response was typically swift and brutal.” The Israeli response was typically swift, brutal and indiscriminate. A total…