There was at least a chance that he could survive the vote. Even if a majority of their constituents supported them, extremists on both sides were bound to be inflamed by the compromises on fundamental issues inherent in the Declaration of Principles. I wasn’t about to jam him for domestic political reasons, any more than I would let him keep NATO’s doors closed indefinitely. The final day of the trip was a personal one, a return to Oxford to receive an honorary degree.
to formally revise the Palestinian Covenant, excising the language calling for the destruction of Israel. Yeltsin had suggested the summit to highlight our commitment to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, START I and START II, and our joint efforts to secure and destroy nuclear weapons and materials. reat of their generation just as nuclear war had been the threat for those of us who had grown up during the Cold War. Islam, and would support them if they rejected terror and embraced the possibilities of peace and reconciliation.
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