In cabinet meeting, PM Rabin accuses U.S. of yielding to Palestinian pressure in considering Jerusalem negotiable. At same meeting, Meretz and some Labor cabinet members, reportedly including FM...
Israeli Int. Min. Aryeh Deri (SHAS) resigns from governing coalition, imperiling the ruling majority. Meretz mins. reject PM Rabin's proposal to change Ed. Min. Shulamit Aloni's portfolio. (NYT,...
PNC Secy. Muhammad Subayh says PLO is prepared to establish national authority in Gaza Strip, on the basis of a 1974 PNC decision calling for such establishment on any part of o.t. to be liberated...
Israeli cabinet cancels the 60-day deadline for filing appeals challenging individual expulsions; concession is insignificant as exiles have not filed any appeals because to do so would give...
Faisal Husseini sends letter to acting Secy. of State Eagleburger informing him that the Palestinian delegation will not participate in any bilateral or multilateral peace talks until Israel...
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In cabinet meeting, PM Rabin accuses U.S. of yielding to Palestinian pressure in considering Jerusalem negotiable. At same meeting, Meretz and some Labor cabinet members, reportedly including FM Peres, call for direct dialogue with PLO. (WT 7/5; MM 7/5; Qol Yisra'el 7/7 in FBIS 7/7)
Israeli Dep. FM Yossi Beilin assails AIPAC as "right-wing" and unrepresentative of moderate American Jewry (see 7/1). (WT 7/5)
PM Rabin moves Ed. Min. Shulamit Aloni to sci. and tech. and communications portfolios, appoints Amnon Rubinstein (Meretz) ed. min. (NYT 6/1)
IDF damage 5 houses before rooting out, arresting 1 and killing 2 wanted Palestinians in Gaza Strip. (WP 5/31, MM 6/1)
Settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinian women and a 3-year-old boy, clash with IDF near Hebron. (Qol Yisra'el 5/31 in FBIS 6/1; NYT 6/1)
Fateh supporters win 16 seats, Hamas backers 10 in UNRWA workers' union council election in Gaza Strip. (Reuter 6/1 in MM 6/1)
Syrian FM Faruq al-Shara' meets with Iranian 1st Dep. FM 'Ali Muhammad Besharati in Damascus (see 5/26). (SARR 5/30 in FBIS 6/1)
Palestinian delegation presents Israel with 10-point draft joint statement of principles on self-rule. (MM 5/12)
Lebanese delegation presents 1st official peace talks document to Israel rejecting Israel's 5/4 proposal for joint military working group, demanding timetable for withdrawal before consideration of peace treaty. (Davar 5/12 in FBIS 5/12)
Israeli Int. Min. Aryeh Deri (SHAS) withdraws his letter of resignation just before it would have gone into effect, giving PM Rabin 1 week to replace Ed. Min. Shulamit Aloni (Meretz) with a Laborite. The two mins. relinquish duties of their posts to Rabin for 1 week. (Qol Yisra'el 5/11 in FBIS 5/12; MM, NYT 5/12)
Hamas supporters prevent voting in Hebron U. campus elections. Minor scuffles end when trustees agree to hear grievances about Fateh's tactics in getting out the vote. Fateh supporters win by default in first victory at this Islamist stronghold. (MM, WP 5/12)
Israeli Int. Min. Aryeh Deri (SHAS) resigns from governing coalition, imperiling the ruling majority. Meretz mins. reject PM Rabin's proposal to change Ed. Min. Shulamit Aloni's portfolio. (NYT, WT 5/10; Qol Yisra'el 5/9 in FBIS 5/10)
Dep. Def. Min. Mordechai Gur says govt. has no plans to disarm settlers, although some weapons have been confiscated recently. Settlers are training the "Judea Police" to counter any Palestinian police force; Shin Bet is moving to contain development of radical paramilitary Jewish underground. (ITV 5/7, Qol Yisra'el 5/9 in FBIS 5/10)
Israeli cabinet approves 38,000 permits for o.t. workers. (MM 5/10)
FM Peres calls for negotiated withdrawal from Gaza Strip. (IDF Radio 3/25 in FBIS 3/26)
Benyamin Netanyahu wins leadership of Likud with 52.1% of the vote. Closest rival David Levy wins 26.3%. (MM 3/25; NYT, WP 3/26)
Dahaf Inst. poll (conducted before Likud primaries) hows that were elections held today, Labor would lose 7 seats to Likud, from current 44-32 to 37-39. Meretz would lose 1 (from 12 to 11), and Tsomet would gain 1 (from 8 to 9). (Ma'Ariv 3/25 in MM 3/26)
Court orders 10-day detainment of settler who killed an apprehended Palestinian 3/23. Police are seeking murder charges. (WT 3/26)
IDF shoots Palestinian youth dead in Gaza. (WT 3/26
PNC Secy. Muhammad Subayh says PLO is prepared to establish national authority in Gaza Strip, on the basis of a 1974 PNC decision calling for such establishment on any part of o.t. to be liberated. Hanan Ashrawi echoes the statement. (Ha'Aretz, MENA 3/23 in FBIS 3/24)
Meretz faction approves plan for Gaza withdrawal drawn up by Energy Min. Amnon Rubinstein. (Qol Yisra'el 3/23 in FBIS 3/23)
Palestinian stabs settler in West Bank, is shot 10 times and killed by settler after being bound hand and foot. (MM 3/23; NYT, WT 3/24)
Israeli cabinet cancels the 60-day deadline for filing appeals challenging individual expulsions; concession is insignificant as exiles have not filed any appeals because to do so would give legitimacy tothe deportations. (NYT 1/11)
Three Meretz ministers plus Health Minister Haim Ramon (Labor) call for Israel to repatriate all those deported since 1967, provided they are no longer involved in terrorism. (MM 1/11)
Force of 500 Iraqis raid UN weapons depot in DMZ between Iraq and Kuwait, make off with 4 Silkworm missiles, prompt protest in the UN by U.S., other coalition mbrs. (WP 1/11)
Faisal Husseini sends letter to acting Secy. of State Eagleburger informing him that the Palestinian delegation will not participate in any bilateral or multilateral peace talks until Israel allows back the 12/17 deportees. (AFP 1/12 in FBIS 1/12)
Pres. Mubarak meets with Chmn. Arafat, then with UN Secy.-Gen. Butrus-Ghali in Cairo. (MENA 1/7 in FBIS 1/7)
Israel agrees to allow 2 Red Cross officials access to 415 deported Palestinians to ascertain their medical situation. (NYT, WP 1/8)
Knesset approves appointment of Meretz MK Yossi Sarid to be environment minister by vote of 56-34. (JP 1/9)
