On the Scene: Profits of Peace

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AS A 21-gun salute opened the signing ceremonies for the Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty, real cannons and Soviet-made Katyusha rockets were going off along Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Islamic Hezbollah (“Party of God”), which receives support from both Iran and Syria, was sending its own message to the peacemakers. And while King Hussein and President Clinton made their way to the podium in the desert wilderness between Eilat and Aqaba, a somber Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was getting news of Israelis taking to bomb shelters.

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Arava Crossing

AS A 21-gun salute opened the signing ceremonies for the Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty, real cannons and Soviet-made Katyusha rockets were going off along Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Islamic Hezbollah (“Party of God”), which receives support from both Iran and Syria, was sending its own message to the peacemakers. And while King Hussein and President Clinton made their way to the podium in the desert wilderness between Eilat and Aqaba, a somber Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was getting news of Israelis taking to bomb shelters.