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Before doing so, Arafat wanted a written guarantee that the size of the self-rule enclave around Jericho would be open to revision, not cemented at the 25-sq.-mi. area drawn on the maps. With that promise, the deal was sealed. But the public theatrics underscored how tentative is each step toward Israeli-Palestinian coexistence. The snafu in Cairo was only "the tip of the iceberg of problems that we shall have to overcome," said Rabin...
...been left for Rabin and Arafat to come to terms on the size of the self-rule district around Jericho. Israel prefers a token zone of 20 sq. mi., whereas the P.L.O. wants twice that area. The two leaders must also decide whether a Palestinian policeman will be stationed midway on the Jordan River bridge. It seems a minor point, but to the P.L.O. such a presence would go far to create an image of Palestinian sovereignty -- which is precisely why the Israelis oppose...
...into a carload of tourists, cameras clicking. At night, it may be poachers, guns blazing. Once the rulers of their forest home, she and the park's 50 other tigers are now prisoners of human intruders. More than 6,000 Indians live inside the 250-sq.-mi. refuge. And crowding the borders are 250 villages teeming with tens of thousands more people who covet not only the animals that the cats need for food but also the tigers. Their pelts and body parts fetch princely prices on the black market. Were it not for the 250 guards on patrol...
...Bloomfield Hills, MI and Lowell House...
...planned for this week. At issue are three main points: the boundaries around Jericho, protection for Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip and control of the borders. Negotiators on both sides say that a compromise has been reached on the size of Jericho, with Israel agreeing to 23 sq. mi. of Palestinian-controlled territory surrounding the West Bank town -- less than the 80 sq. mi. the P.L.O. wanted but double Israel's original proposal. To protect Jewish settlers, Israel has reportedly agreed to security positions inside Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. Protection of settlers outside the perimeters...