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...Lisa Beyer. The country has developed a strong consensus for peace, but the devil is in the details over what concessions should be made. The immediate impact of elections "will be to put the whole process on hold," says Beyer. "Netanyahu, who is not eager to implement the latest Wye agreements, will use the election campaign to delay matters until the electorate speaks." So much for this week's summit...
...cartoon on last Friday's editorial page (12/4), depicting Benjamin Netanyahu next to the Wye Peace Accord signed with invisible ink, is unduly cynical in light of recent events in the Middle East. The cartoon implies that the Peace Process is about to collapse and that Israel alone is to blame for this imminent collapse. We disagree with both propositions...
...true that Prime Minister Netanyahu has threatened a halt to additional withdrawals, he has done so in response to Chairman Arafat's promise to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state in May 1999 (before the conclusion of the delicate final status peace talks), in direct violation of the Wye Agreement...
...hope that both leaders will move beyond this latest obstacle and resume the difficult business of making peace. Considering that the agreement at Wye has not been derailed by two recent terrorist attempts by Palestinian suicide bombers, we see that there is hope for the accord and, eventually, a lasting peace between Israel and the future Palestinian state. BEN LEBWOHL '99 ALEXIS OFFEN '00 Dec. 6, 1998 The writers are co-chairs of Harvard Students for Israel...
...wounding 50. "We haven't seen incidents like this since the height of the Intifada uprising ten years ago," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. The immediate flash point is Israel's refusal to release Palestinian security prisoners, but the turmoil highlights the limits of the Wye accord. "Wye produced a new agreement, but no new trust or goodwill," says Beyer. "The two sides still hate each other...