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Article: Who's a terrorist? Israel and the PLO. (Palestine Liberation Organization; the role of former terrorists in peace agreement)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 9, 1993
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"A POSITIVE atmosphere," each of the two men told the press after their meeting, clearly having agreed to use the same well-worn phrase. They then proceeded to list the various committees and sub-committees that would conduct the detailed negotiations between their two sides.
All routine at international meetings, and not worth reporting--except that the working meeting in Cairo on October 6th was between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat; and that this was their first real discussion, beyond a few mumbled words before their historic handshake in Washington last month. Now a ministerial-level Israel-PLO liaison committee is to start work in Cairo on October 13th. A ...