NBC Nightly News - 1995-09-24

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[0:00] Good night.

[0:14] You've just watched Northwest News

[0:16] Channel 8, where the news comes first.

[0:19] Voted Oregon's best newscast by the

[0:21] Associated Press.

[0:25] A landmark deal, Israel and the PLO pave

[0:28] the road to peace.

[0:31] Facing the future, the president meets

[0:33] the man who today beats him in the

[0:34] polls.

[0:36] And on Pacific time, getting high on

[0:38] saving lives, a breathtaking look from

[0:40] above.

[0:43] From NBC News,

[0:45] this is NBC Nightly News, reported by

[0:48] Giselle Fernandez.

[0:50] Good evening, everyone. A big step

[0:52] forward toward peace in the Middle East.

[0:54] Today, the PLO and Israel at last came

[0:57] to an agreement on Israeli withdrawal

[0:59] from key areas of the West Bank. After

[1:02] marathon negotiations, the two sides

[1:04] agreed to sign the landmark accord at a

[1:07] White House ceremony Thursday. The deal

[1:09] clears the way for talks on total

[1:11] Palestinian autonomy. But in this

[1:13] region, where angry militants on both

[1:15] sides are eager to ambush any deal,

[1:18] nothing comes easy. Protests and

[1:20] defiance have already begun, as NBC's

[1:23] Martin Fletcher reports from Tel Aviv.

[1:26] The tired handshake reflects a week of

[1:28] all-night negotiating sessions after 2

[1:31] years of tough and bitter negotiations

[1:33] between Israel and the Palestinians.

[1:36] It will lead to what is my and my

[1:40] government goal

[1:42] to solve the Palestinian-Israeli

[1:45] conflict,

[1:46] the longest, the most loaded with

[1:49] hatred,

[1:50] prejudices, and bloodshed.

[1:54] And a wish from Yasser Arafat, a happy

[1:56] New Year to Israel which celebrates its

[1:58] new year tonight. Arafat hoped for a

[2:00] real year of peace.

[2:03] Not all shared that wish. Some

[2:05] Palestinians can't w

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