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Article: . . . and the Silent Critics
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- The Washington Post
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- March 9, 1988
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What is the sound of one hand clapping? It's the sound of
Israelis talking about peace. The sound coming from the other hand,
the Palestinians, is either silence or the noise of continuing
terrorism. Twice in the past week, this has been the sound coming
from Palestinians.
The first incident was doubly astounding. While Secretary of
State George Shultz was in Jerusalem, a bomb-laden car was discovered
near his hotel. In Beirut a caller told the Associated Press that
the bomb was the work of the Al Fatah faction of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, headed by Yasser Arafat, and that Shultz was
the target. The PLO denied it, but the AP said the caller was known
to its reporters.
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