Results for “Palestinian Islamic Jihad”

…ll. This was not just because the shape of a final agreement with the Syrians was clearer, to both sides, than with the Palestinians. It was because I was determined to make good on the main specific policy pledge of my campaign: to bring our troops home from Lebanon. No matter w...

…e West Bank. That meant — at least in theory — that Israel could limit phase-three to a mere token pullout, leaving the Palestinians with less than half of the territory. “T don’t know what percentage, exactly,” I replied. “But one of my cabinet ministers thinks that a formula o...

…sed? Yes. Maybe we'll make a decision about that in the next two weeks. Throwing in the towel? You mean disbanding the Palestinian Authority? The Authority was born to transfer Palestinians from occupation to independence. If Mr. [Benjamin] Netanyahu [the Israeli prime minister...

e And the way to do it 1s this: a strong, self-confident Israel, willing to hold serious negotiations with the Palestinians and the group of Arab nations within an international conference, backed by the US and the Quartet — in order to achieve a two- state solution and establish...

…e importance of what was at stake. Not just the cost of failure, but what was potentially on offer: the creation of the Palestinian state he sought, with the full acceptance of Israel and the support of the world. I wish I could say I was optimistic when Clinton led the two of u...

…of the Arab delegations at the UN voted against partition, rejecting a Jewish state even if it was created along with a Palestinian Arab one. Violence erupted the next day. An attack on a bus near Lydda, near the road up to Jerusalem, left six Jews dead. Similar attacks occurred...

and we do say that to them. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas constantly implores them to stop condoning the firing of rockets. The fact is that there are extremists on both sides.

…hrain? Elaraby: I don't ask him these questions. That's your job. You're the journalists. SPIEGEL: Do you support the Palestinian Autonomous Authority in its aspiration to have the UN General Assembly give its blessing in September to the establishment of a State of Palestine?...

…ration doesn't support your bid, though it supports using the 1967 lines with swaps as the baseline for the border of a Palestinian state. We urge the U.S. to see it the way it is. We are trying to preserve the two-state solution in the face of an Israeli government that is dete...

support the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 lines with its capital in East Jerusalem in parallel with Israel’s recognized capital in West Jerusalem

where US President Barack Obama has launched his latest initiative to kickstart a new Palestinian-Israeli peace process based on the two-state solution defined by the 1967 borders

which for some time now has enjoyed Saudi moderation on the Palestinian question. That seems about to change — not the least because the Arab street that Turki expressly mentioned is demanding it and the Saudis will

part of an unstated effort to recast the Israeli-Palestinian narrative in extreme terms. Instead of helping to clarify what Gaza needs and how it might build a future

once implemented will contribute to three UN goals: peace and security of the West Asian/North African region as the new state relinquishes occupied Lebanese and Syrian territories and dismantles it nuclear arsenal; cultural

…ft him almost skeletally frail, even at times disoriented. Even my own negotiating team urged me to concentrate on the Palestinians instead. President Clinton kept stressing the importance of showing Arafat at least some movement on the Oslo front. In September 1999, I took a fi...