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Article: Small steps.(peace agreement between Israel and Palestinian Authority)
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- Commonweal
- Article date:
- November 6, 1998
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No euphoria greeted the painstakingly arrived at agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, hammered out late last month under U.S. auspices at Wye Mills, Maryland. None of the parties involved is under any illusions about the difficulties that lie ahead or the potential consequences, should the peace process begun in Oslo five years ago break down completely. Because of the persistence of terrorist bombings against Israel and the belligerence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud government, little trust exists between the Israelis and the Palestinians. That explains the crucial and expanded role played by the United States over the last ...