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Article: The Shaath tape
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- Jerusalem Post
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- March 15, 1996
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Bank Leumi
Jerusalem Post
03-15-1996
PRIME Minister Shimon Peres's standard response to critics of the Oslo accord, reiterated several times in recent days, is disarmingly simple and seemingly incontrovertible. True, he says, the Islamic groups still practice terrorism; but they are a small minority. What the Oslo agreement has achieved is the disavowal of terrorism on the part of a majority of the Palestinian people. The PLO, representing this majority, has decisively switched from violence to negotiations.
Deviating from the Oslo process, Peres says, will only make this majority revert to terrorism and violence. The only option is to continue with the process, and make its success ...