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That might sit well with Iranian moderates, who are increasingly fearful that the disorders might get completely out of hand and spark a military takeover. Martial law is still very visible in the capital; 100,000 troops patrol the streets, and tanks and armored cars make Tehran's notorious...
The moderates are hampered in what they say publicly by their hard-line compatriots, who regard as treason any sign of accommodation with the Israelis on the sovereignty issue. Mansur Al-Shawa, 39, son of the mayor of Gaza, foresees a "bloody situation" in the Israeli-occupied territories within the...
These factional tensions require West Bank political leaders?whatever their private feelings?to insist publicly that only the Palestine Liberation Organization can negotiate with Israel on their behalf. Says Ramallah's Mayor Karim Khalaf, 41: "The P.L.O. is Palestine and Palestine is the P.L.O. Without the P.L.O. there will be...
The election of Jim Deutsch '80 over RAZA minority representative George Sanchez '80 for the vice-chairmanship cleared remaining doubts about the nature of the assembly. Deutsch, who favors Faculty recognition of the assembly, said during the question and answer period, "If we're not taken seriously by the Faculty...
The moderates, under the leadership of Hussein and Khalid, concluded that the Israelis had made no real concessions. They noted that the Camp David agreement ignored such Palestinian questions as the establishment of a homeland for refugees, as well as the P.L.O.'s claims to being the sole legitimate representative...