1996: A Turbulent Year For Israel :: essays research papers

1996 A Turbulent Year for Israel     1996 has been a very pissed year for Israel. This lies in theassassination of Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. Rabins great work in the calmness process with its Arab neighbors has been nearly reversed by Israelsnewly elected set up Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who actively opposed the counterinsurgencyprocess in the election. Netanyahus term of service has not only affectedIsrael politically but also socially, intellectually, religiously, andeconomically.     In dealing with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians Netanyahu wasoriginally quoted saying that he would only meet with Arafat under specialcircumstances and that, "the era of one-sided giving was over." WarrenChristopher, Secretary of dry land for the U.S., was able to arrange a peaceconference with Arafat on the Gaza border. One article called it a ,"Psychological breakthrough" (Netanyahu meets with Clinton). The issues at handw ere Israel fulfilling its pledge to the Palestinians to redeploy its troopsstationed in the West depone town of Hebron so that they will only guard the 440Jews who live in that respect, from the tens of thousands of Palestinians. Also at issuewere the exit permits given up to Palestinians allowing them to go from there jobsin Israel to there homes in Gaza and the and the West Bank. That leads toanother issue over whether or not a rail link among Gaza and the West Bankshould be formed. The study problem with that would be the cost. In the nextround of Israeli-PLO peace talks, both sides could not reach a via media andafter four hours talks failed. To expound matters further 3,000 houses wereapproved to be built in the West Bank by the Israeli government. "Peace flatspokesman", Alon Arnon, called the housing, "A final burial of the desire ofpeace." (West Bank Settlement Approved) Netanyahu also ended the month byopening a tunnel to Muslim and Jewish Holy sites that resulted in bloody riotsthat killed 76 people.     The month of October cooled down a bit with an ice breaking summit inWashington. Netanyahu returned with a change in attitude calling Arafat a mortal whom he could resolve problems with. But aside from his change indemeanor no substantial agreements were made.     In November Israel went on high alert in apprehension of an attack planned todisrupt the peace process, possibly on the one year anniversary of the Jihadsleader Fathi Shakaki. again the peace effort was thrown backwards when the Israeligovernment announced plans to double the number of Jewish settlers in the WestBank. At one blossom Netanyahu asked the U.1996 A Turbulent Year For Israel essays research papers 1996 A Turbulent Year for Israel     1996 has been a very turbulent year for Israel. This lies in theassassination of Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. Rabins great work in thepeace process with its Arab neighbors has been nearly reversed by Israelsnewly elected Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who actively opposed the peaceprocess in the election. Netanyahus term of service has not only affectedIsrael politically but also socially, intellectually, religiously, andeconomically.     In dealing with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians Netanyahu wasoriginally quoted saying that he would only meet with Arafat under specialcircumstances and that, "the era of one-sided giving was over." WarrenChristopher, Secretary of State for the U.S., was able to arrange a peaceconference with Arafat on the Gaza border. One article called it a ,"Psychological breakthrough" (Netanyahu meets with Clinton). The issues at handwere Israel fulfilling its pledge to the Palestinians to redeploy its troopsstationed in the West Bank town of Hebron so that they will only guard the 440Jews who live there, from the tens of thousands of Palestinians. Also at issuewere the exit permits given to Palestinians allowing them to go from there jobsin Israel to there homes in Gaza and the and the West Bank. That leads toanother issue over whether or not a rail link between Gaza and the West Bankshould be formed. The major problem with that would be the cost. In the nextround of Israeli-PLO peace talks, both sides could not reach a compromise andafter four hours talks failed. To complicate matters further 3,000 houses wereapproved to be built in the West Bank by the Israeli government. "Peace Nowspokesman", Alon Arnon, called the housing, "A final burial of the hope ofpeace." (West Bank Settlement Approved) Netanyahu also ended the month byopening a tunnel to Muslim and Jewish Holy sites that resulted in bloody riotsthat killed 76 people.     The month of October cooled down a bit with an ice breaking summit inWashington. Netanyahu returned with a change in attitude calling Arafat aperson whom he could resolve problems with. But aside from his change indemeanor no substantial agreements were made.     In November Israel went on high alert in fear of an attack planned todisrupt the peace process, possibly on the one year anniversary of the Jihadsleader Fathi Shakaki. Again the peace effort was thrown back when the Israeligovernment announced plans to double the number of Jewish settlers in the WestBank. At one point Netanyahu asked the U.