ARABS-ISRAEL - Jan. 14 - Egypt Intelligence Chief Offers Peace Plan.Attending the London conference London Conference, several international conferences held at London, England, in the 19th and 20th cent. The following list includes only the most important of these meetings. on Palestinian reform (see Palestine), the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Omar Sulaiman proposes a peace initiative designed to end the 27 months of conflict between Israel and the PA. The plan centres on proposals for a partial one-year ceasefire which would have to be observed by Palestinian militant groups
The Militant Group was an early British Trotskyist group, formed in 1935 by Denzil Dean Harber, former leader of the Marxist Group, as an entrist group such as the increasingly powerful Hamas. The plan has been sketched out before and may go the way of previous ideas to end the violence. But the fact that Sulaiman publicly attends the London conference is a mark that this formerly shadowy figure is taking further steps into the limelight limelight: see calcium oxide. limelight Early form of theatrical lighting. The incandescent calcium light invented by Thomas Drummond in 1816 was first employed in a theatre in 1837 and was widely used by the 1860s. . PA officials see him as one of the main drivers in Middle Eastern diplomacy diplomacy Art of conducting relationships for gain without conflict. It is the chief instrument of foreign policy. Its methods include secret negotiation by accredited envoys (though political leaders also negotiate) and international agreements and laws. . Back home, Egyptians view him as a possible successor to Pres. Mubarak. (Sulaiman came into public view in 2002 when he was seen on television visiting Arafat in his Ramallah compound under siege by the Israeli Army. Since then Sulaiman has also been heavily involved through a series of talks in Cairo in attempts to heal a rift between Hamas and Arafat's Fatah faction fac·tion 1 n. 1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: . The Cairo negotiations, which started last year, are officially hosted by the EU but few are in any doubt that it is Sulaiman who is driving the talks. Little has emerged publicly from the discussions but they are known to centre around attempts to persuade Hamas, which has strong spiritual and intellectual links to Egypt's Muslim Brothers, to abandon its policy of suicide bombings Noun 1. suicide bombing - a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it bombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists suicide bombing n → . The Cairo talks and Sulaiman's attendance at the London conference take place against a background where Arab regimes, including Egypt, are deeply concerned by the potential for further violence and instability in the region in the event of a US-led campaign against Iraq. There are widespread fears that, under cover of a war in Iraq, Israel might move more troops into the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. , which borders Egypt and which has so far escaped the effective re-occupation visited on the West Bank. Anything which might keep that prospect at bay will be welcome in Arab capitals). |
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