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...following day he walked through a mirror. At 9:30 a.m. the Israeli police--18,000 of whom, working with members of Israel's army and Shinbet intelligence agency, saw to his security most of the week--delivered him to Yasser Arafat in Bethlehem, which by the peace deal of 1995 became part of the autonomous territories under Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Arafat too described Jerusalem as the "eternal capital," but this time the capital of Palestine. The Pope responded that "the Holy See has always recognized that the Palestinian people have the natural right to a homeland" and that...
...YASSER ARAFAT Pope treats him like head of state. Bonus: P.L.O. boss didn't even have to lose all the stubble...
...opposition had rallied public opinion against him. This time, he withdrew the suggestion before opposition had time to develop." Next week's handover of territory, amounting to just over 6 percent of the West Bank, marks the final Israeli withdrawals before a final peace treaty is completed, and Yasser Arafat's negotiators have long looked to Abu Dis - which was included in Jerusalem's boundaries when the city was under Ottoman rule, but excluded from later municipal maps - as a solution to the two sides' rival claims on Jerusalem as their capital. The Palestinian Authority would set up its administration...
...your report on the meeting between Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat's wife, and Hillary Clinton [WORLD, Dec. 6], you referred to Suha's "bottle-blond tresses." I never knew that hair color was a quality that determined the competence of an individual. Perhaps to be fair minded you should also have commented on the tresses of Hillary Clinton; her hair today is virtually the same shade as Suha's. But Hillary has not been a natural blond since she was a child. Maybe the two women even use the same commercial shade! Let's forget the size, colors and looks...
...good news is that Barak wants to negotiate by mid-February the outlines of a settlement with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and begin talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad on returning the Golan Heights. The aging Arafat and Assad both realize this is probably their best and last chance to reach agreements. But Arafat and Barak are still haggling over a small parcel of Israeli-occupied territory. Albright wants to stay out of petty real estate disputes and keep Barak and Arafat focused on resolving bigger questions. But the men still distrust one another so much that it's hard...