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...finally at hand. "If you look at the results, from Bosnia to Haiti," Clinton said recently, "from the Middle East to Northern Ireland, it proves once again that American leadership is indispensable and that without it our values, our interests and peace itself would be at risk." A Bosnia settlement would prove that Clinton can lead the world as well as he can lead Arkansas and would reaffirm America's global pre-eminence...
Then comes the hard part. By next May, Peres must begin negotiating the final settlement with the Palestinians. That will raise all the most explosive questions, such as those about the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Full-fledged Palestinian state? Federation with Jordan? Autonomous entity? And about Jerusalem: United capital of Israel or some sort of divided city? And about the fate of the Jewish settlers in what will be Palestinian territory. And about the right or nonright of Palestinian refugees to return to Israel and reclaim property there...
Moreover, Peres will be racing against a deadline. He needs to have a settlement--or to have made significant progress toward one--that he can sell to Israeli voters in elections that must be held no later than next November. Peres could call the election as early as February, and some supporters want him to do so to take advantage of the postassassination surge in the polls. But knowing that voter sentiment can reverse itself in Israel almost overnight, the acting Prime Minister seems to prefer giving himself the full year to negotiate a peace that will...
...Ridder, continue to run separate news operations but have maintained joint business operations since 1989. Though their combined circulation has decreased by 24 percent (according to the companies) and they expect to lose over $100 million because of the strike, Gannett and Knight-Ridder won't give in to settlement even by arbitration. These are national newspaper chains; they are dedicated to serving up a profit-making product, much as McDonald's dishes out greased buns. People love it, but they've no idea of the impact of digesting such trash. A corporation has little allegiance to any particular city...
Once in office, Rabin set out to transform his rhetoric into reality, taking his election as a mandate to begin to forge a peace settlement. Secret talks between the two sides took place in Norway in early 1993, and after they achieved a breakthrough, Rabin wrote a note to Yasser Arafat informing him that Israel was prepared to recognize the P.L.O. and begin openly negotiating with it. The talks culminated in the historic signing of a peace accord on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept...