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(continued from page the Sandinistas could not accept. This was a transparent attempt to set the stage for the renewal of the military campaign.
For example, the contra leaders demanded the immediate separation of the Nicaraguan army from the Sandinista government, an immediate general amnesty for all detained contras and ex-Somoza National Guardsmen, and the right to unrestricted political activity by contra forces.
According to U.S. lawyer Paul Reichler, who has been a key adviser to the Nicaraguan government throughout the talks, the Sandinistas were willing to make important political concessions to the contras in order to end the war. But they were only willing to do this in stages-not immediately, as the contras now demanded.
According to Reichler, the contras' decision to up the ante at the latest round of negotiations came as a surprise to him and to the Sandinistas. He told the press how
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Marchers at June 4 rally in Chicago protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. PALESTINE LIVE INE tinians or risk losing control of the land of Israel—remains a potent one. And in the absence of a political solution to the Palestinian problem [sic], Israel may be pushed toward desperate measures."
A warning by Sharon It is in this context that Ariel Sharon's declaration of March 24, 1988, is to be assessed. Sharon stated that if the Palestinian uprising continued, Israel would have to make war on its Arab neighbors. The war, he stated, would provide "the circumstances" for the removal of the entire Palestinian population from inside Israel and from the West Bank and Gaza.
That these are not idle remarks or restricted to Sharon became clear when Yossi Ben Aharon, director general of the office of the Prime Minister, declared in Los Angeles:
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Ben- Aharon was referring to the acquisition by Saudi Arabia of silkworm
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