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  • September 27, 1991

    PNC authorizes PLO Exec. Comm. to "continue its current efforts to achieve the best conditions that can ensure success for the peace process in accordance with PNC resolutions." (MEM 9/30)

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  • February 20, 1991

    U.S. and Britain tell Moscow that they find Soviet's 2/18 cease-fire proposal unacceptable because it lacks tight timetable for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and does not compel Iraq to accept all...

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PNC authorizes PLO Exec. Comm. to "continue its current efforts to achieve the best conditions that can ensure success for the peace process in accordance with PNC resolutions." (MEM 9/30)

U.S. Senate approves amendment to legislation authorizing U.S. defense spending to prohibit department from signing contracts with companies honoring Arab League boycott of Israel, companies doing business with Israel. However, legislation allows secy. of defense to waive the prohibition if he feels the U.S. must contract with a country honoring the boycott in order to facilitate important national security concerns. Vote comes in wake of recent change in Arab League policy concerning boycotts [see 9/17]. (MEM 9/30)

U.S. and Britain tell Moscow that they find Soviet's 2/18 cease-fire proposal unacceptable because it lacks tight timetable for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and does not compel Iraq to accept all UN Sec. Council resolutions on the crisis [NYT 2/21; CSM 2/22]; Washington urges Moscow to stiffen cease-fire conditions on Iraq [WP 2/21].

After month of often bitter negotiation, U.S. releases $400 million loan guarantee to Israel for housing for Soviet Jewish immigrants (cf. 2/21) [IDF 2/20 in FBIS 2/21; NYT, WP, WT, MEM 2/21].

Israeli authorities begin allowing 400 Palestinians per day to cross bridges from Jordan back to West Bank; "security concerns" had prompted Israel to reduce number allowed to cross river from 1,000 per day to 50 per day; at least 30 Palestinians lose their residency permits because of delay in crossing [JTE 2/20 in FBIS 2/20; MET 3/5].

Israeli air force planes bomb alleged PFLP base in Al Izzah village, about 40 miles east of Beirut; 5 people are reported injured [IDF, BDS, AFP 2/20 in FBIS 2/20; NYT 2/21; JPI 3/2; MET 3/5].