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Last July Prime Minister Peres of Israel flew to Morocco for peace talks with King Hassan II, and before anyone knew the contents of the negotiations, Syria broke off diplomatic relations with Morocco and the P.L.O. declared it would oppose to the end any outcome. Some interested observers of this overture were candid and clear about the relationship between terrorism and peace, even a hint of peace: "Now," Royal Air Maroc stewards told a New York Times correspondent, "we will have to start worrying about hijackings and terrorist attacks." The fundamental fact of the Middle East today is that those...
...pilot, Albert Maltret, 50, a salesman for an oil company, was publicizing the plight of Frenchmen who, he said, have been unjustly arrested in Morocco. Maltret said he was mistakenly arrested and jailed for a day last year during a business trip to Casablanca...
Though Bush had hoped to visit Morocco's King Hassan II, who two weeks ago hosted a surprise meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the Vice President was rebuffed. The Moroccan ruler apparently did not want to create the impression that his diplomatic initiative had been an American invention. In Jordan, Bush met with King Hussein, who earlier dismissed the Vice President's call for a Hussein-Peres meeting. Hussein had pointed out that Jordan's long-standing policy is to reject such negotiations unless held within the context of an international peace conference. Bush did not bring...
...There is no shame in discussing things with one's enemies." So said Morocco's King Hassan II three months ago. Last week he lived up to those words by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. The talks in the Moroccan resort of Ifrane produced little except what one participant described as a promise to "remain in contact." But the fact that the meeting was held at all merits at least a mention in the tortured history of Israel's relations with the Arab world...
...opening a dialogue with Israel, Hassan won the praise of the Reagan Administration. He may also have prevented a cutback in the $140 million in aid that Morocco receives from the U.S. Congressional leaders had been unhappy with Hassan ever since he signed a largely meaningless "treaty of union" with Libya in August...