NEWS
April 19, 1989 | From Reuters
Jordan's King Hussein today endorsed President Bush's efforts to revive the Middle East peace process but withheld specific comment on Israel's plan for elections in the occupied territories, a major feature of the U.S. approach. Winding up an hourlong meeting at the White House, Hussein said Bush was "in a unique position" to help end the Arab-Israeli conflict, adding: "I can assure you that I fully support you in all your efforts in this regard." Hussein pointedly did not mention Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's proposal for polls to choose a Palestinian delegation to negotiate with the Jewish state an interim period of limited self-rule.
NEWS
April 20, 1989 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, Times Staff Writer
King Hussein of Jordan, ignoring an American request to endorse Israel's West Bank and Gaza Strip election proposal, told President Bush on Wednesday that Middle East peace "can neither be negotiated nor achieved without PLO participation." Hussein praised Bush as "the right leader in the right office at the right time" to bring a settlement to the troubled region. But he did not budge from his position that negotiations can be conducted only through a U.N.-sponsored conference in which the Palestine Liberation Organization would play a prominent role.
NEWS
June 25, 1989 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, Times Staff Writer
The Bush Administration has muted its criticism of Israel's policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to avoid playing into the hands of right-wing extremists in Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's own Likud Party, well-informed sources said Saturday. Shamir faces a showdown at a party convention, scheduled July 5, over his proposal for Palestinian elections in the occupied territories. Ultranationalist critics, led by former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, oppose the plan, which they say will ultimately lead to creation of an independent Palestinian state.
NEWS
May 12, 1989 | DANIEL WILLIAMS, Times Staff Writer
The Bush Administration is pressing for details of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Palestinian election proposal, Israeli officials said Thursday. They said the Americans are reminding the Israelis of U.S. insistence that Israel give up occupied land in return for overall peace. In a letter delivered 10 days ago, Secretary of State James A. Baker III requested that the Israeli election proposal include a "significant link" to a final outcome of peace negotiations, the Israeli officials said.
NEWS
January 8, 1987 | MIKE WARD, Times Staff Writer
The City Council has shelved plans for a special election on two controversial issues, the rezoning of the Azusa Greens Country Club and the direct election of the mayor. Johnny E. Johnson, owner of the country club, and opponents of his plan to develop the property for housing and industry submitted rival measures for the ballot, but the council on Monday refused to call an election.
OPINION
December 7, 2007
Re "Electoral college effort lags," Dec. 1 The Republican Party's effort to amend the California Constitution by initiative to require that electoral votes in presidential elections be based on gerrymandered congressional district lines is blatantly unconstitutional. Article II, Section 1, Part 2 of the U.S.