The New York Times · 17 December 1987
CP-1987-019
The Worst Option
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ABROAD AT HOME | Anthony Lewis Jewish settlers occupy a large slice of srael's Defense Minister, Yitzhak the available land. What could be more provocative?
Rabin, bristled when a questioner about the treatment of The Arabs refused to negotiate for Palestinians in the occupied territo- years, and they have themselves to ries and drew a parallel with South Af- blame for much of the result. But the obstacle rica.
Weren't the tactics of repression 1o negotiation now is the divided Israeli Government. in Gaza and the West Bank tearing at the fabric of Israel's own society? The United States and all other par- "There is no parallel,' Mr. Rabin ties are ready to go to an interna- tional conference that would create a said. There could not be, he said, be- framework for negotiation.
Israel's cause Arabs are not a majority as blacks are in South Africa. There are Labor Party, to which Mr. Rabin
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"The Worst Option," The New York Times, 17 December 1987. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1987-019. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1987-019
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