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...Netanyahu said himself before Congress, "Peace means the absence of violence." A piece of paper with Yasser Arafat's signed pledge officially guaranteeing Israelis peace very quickly loses all relevance when Syrian- and Iranian-backed Palestinians launch themselves as human missiles in suicide missions. What sort of negotiations can be entered into with individuals that have no respect for their own lives let alone those of the Israelis? As Netanyahu said, "Peace without personal safety is a contradiction in terms.... It is a hoax...
...Israeli election and the surest ticket to continued peace talks with Syria under U.S. auspices. Although Netanyahu had clearly set out to warm up relations with the White House, he rejected unconditional peace talks with Syria and said he had no plans to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "There wasn't a meeting of the minds on these major issues," reports TIME's Dean Fischer. "It all seemed rather vague and not particularly reassuring that Israel would abide by commitments made in the past." Clinton, who is loath to provoke a confrontation with Israel before Election Day, merely said...
...going ahead with the peace process," Silver reports. "It's easy to say you are going to abide by past peace agreements, but people are looking for concrete steps. This is the first step that has to be taken, and it shouldn't be subject to negotiation." Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat did not contest former Prime Minister Shimon Peres' decision to delay the withdrawal until after elections in May. Silver reports that the Palestinians will be much less accommodating to the new hard-line Israeli government. "If the whole thing disintegrates, there is a serious danger of violence," Silver says...
...June 10]. It is better to revisit the elections of Israeli Prime Ministers like Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir and U.S. Presidents like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Against heavy odds, they all surprised the world by opening up new avenues to peace despite their political-campaign rhetoric. Even Yasser Arafat proved that one can work toward peace under proper circumstances and receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Instead of being sarcastic about it, let us congratulate the people of Israel who elected Netanyahu, a young, energetic, intelligent sound-bite master, politically seasoned (in the American way). VALIYAVEETIL T. SAMUEL Grambling...
...YASSER ARAFAT Forget handshakes at White House. "Peace of the brave" meets post-Nobel realpolitik...