1996: A Turbulent Year for Israel
1996 has been a very turbulent year for Israel. This lies in the
assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. Rabin's great work in the
peace process with it's Arab neighbors has been nearly reversed by Israel's
newly elected Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who actively opposed the peace
process in the election. Netanyahu's term of service has not only affected
Israel politically but also socially, intellectually, religiously, and
economically.
In dealing with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians Netanyahu was
originally quoted saying that he would only meet with Arafat under special
circumstances and that, "the era of one-sided giving was over." Warren
Christopher, Secretary of State for the U.S., was able to arrange a peace
conference with Arafat on the Gaza border. One article called it a ,
"Psychological breakthrough" (Netanyahu meets with Clinton). The issues at hand
were Israel fulfilling it's pledge to the Palestinians to......
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