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...feared that the intifadeh was spreading into Israel proper. As reinforcements poured into the territories, President George Bush pointedly urged Israel to exercise "maximum restraint." Secretary of State James Baker said the U.S. might discuss the deployment of U.N. observers, a measure debated at a special U.N. session in Geneva last week, underscoring American displeasure with Israel's refusal to engage in a peace dialogue. The army's massive crackdown eventually cooled the widespread rioting in the territories, after three days of violence left 15 dead, including an Israeli murdered in Jerusalem, and at least 800 wounded. But the sudden...
...Washington, his host George Bush indicated that because too many Americans see Gorbachev as the bully of the Baltics, it might be difficult to lift trade restrictions against the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Gorbachev's Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, met with his West German counterpart, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, in Geneva. It was an upbeat meeting except on what may be the single most neuralgic point for Soviet foreign policy: Genscher reiterated that a unified Germany will be a member of NATO...
...promise to be the Environmental President. Last month he infuriated environmentalists by arguing that action against the threat of global warming should wait for more research. The man behind that go-slow position was John Sununu. An announcement by the U.S. delegate to a United Nations meeting in Geneva last week came as a further shock: the U.S. will oppose the creation of a new $100 million fund to help developing countries avoid using chlorofluorocarbons...
Reports of informal contacts between Americans, Iranians and various go- betweens have been circulating among diplomats and intelligence agencies in Europe and the Middle East. Diplomatic sources in London say the White House gave its approval to a recent meeting in Geneva between an Iranian government delegation, which included representatives of the IJLP, and a small group of Americans, among whom was former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who were traveling as private citizens...
Like the Lithuanians, the Estonians are bracing for a showdown over the issue of military conscription. The Estonian parliament has approved a law on alternative military service, and plans to dismantle local draft boards. Local movements like Geneva-49, a citizens' action group opposed to the draft, have denounced service in the Soviet army as a violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions barring citizens of occupied states from having to serve in the occupation forces...