Schlagwort: Yasser Arafat
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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…
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Kevin Simpson: Palestine: Hebron Deal Solves Nothing
[Socialism Today, No 15, February 1997, p. 16-18] An incipient revival of the Intifada, along with a sharp polarisation within Israeli society, have put both Netanyahu and Arafat under pressure. Kevin Simpson writes. Netanyahu’s reckless attempt to reverse the ‚peace process‘ following his victory in Israel’s May 1996 general election triggered a new explosion among…
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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…