On the recordFebruary 25, 1994
this morning's news brought word of a horrible tragedy in the Middle East. A deranged Israeli settler--an American immigrant, wearing an Israeli military uniform--opened fire with an automatic weapon inside the mosque at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. By early accounts, as many as 50 Palestinians have been killed, and 170 wounded. This is the worst incident of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Middle East since Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed their Declaration of Principles last September. The mind-numbing number and severity of the casualties cannot help but have an impact on the negotiations between Israel and the PLO. It is the duty of the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians to ensure that the response to this incident does not spin out of control and lead to the derailment of the peace process.
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