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...real progress can be made unless both sides come to terms with these realities. This means that the P.L.O. will have to abandon its stated goal of a "democratic-secular state between the Jordan and the Sinai"--which is simply a codeword for the destruction of Israel and its replacement with another Arab state. Israel will have to abandon its claim that Palestinians already have a homeland in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. And Arab governments should support negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in which both sides recognize each other's right to exist. Each party should pledge...
Harvard's comments on the proposed Title IX regulations show that it is still unwilling to take bigger steps on its own. Until it can prove that it is, legislation will be necessary to force Harvard to abandon its position as a landmark in the history of discrimination against women...
Humane Paradigm. Arafat tried to distinguish his respect for the Jewish faith from his hatred of Zionism and appealed to his Jewish listeners to abandon the cause of Israel. "Let us remember that the Jews of Europe and the U.S. have been known to lead the struggles for secularism and the separation of church and state; they have also been known to fight against discrimination on religious grounds. How do they then refuse this humane paradigm for the Holy Land...
...adamant about not dealing with terrorists on any matter whatsoever, hope that their hard stance will create a diplomatic deadlock on West Bank negotiations. Once the Arabs realize that it is futile to expect any talks to develop between Israel and the P.L.O., so goes this scenario, they will abandon Arafat and bring Hussein back into the picture...
...session, which ends Dec. 17, South Africa's opponents have threatened to repeat the move in future sessions unless Prime Minister John Vorster's government agrees to relinquish its control over Namibia (South West Africa), end its military support of Rhodesia's white supremacist government, and abandon its own apartheid policies. Vorster has indicated his willingness to accommodate world opinion on all three issues. "If South Africa is given the chance," he promised recently, "they [local and foreign critics] will be surprised at where the country will stand in six to twelve months." The black nations, however...