Word: accordant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact that Palestinian rage over events in Jerusalem could have escalated within hours to an intifada-style uprising throughout the West Bank and Gaza is a stark reminder that six years after the Oslo Accord, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza hasn't ever really ended. From the dusty refugee camps of Gaza and the biblical towns of the West Bank, Palestinians looking to vent their rage on Israeli troops and settlements didn't have to look further than within walking distance of their homes. Israel was under attack in the last three weeks...
...Oslo Accord left the hardest parts for last, assuming that Israelis and Palestinians would build mutual trust through incremental steps toward peace. Instead, the opposite occurred. And so the hardest parts of a long-term peace remain to be resolved, but the goodwill that first put them on the table has long since been burnt to a cinder. For now, the best Israelis and Palestinians, and their regional and foreign backers, may be able to hope for is not to resolve the conflict, but simply to contain...
...accord ended a tangled web of litigation that began when notHarvard, fearing a possible University lawsuit, sued Harvard on July 27, asking a court to preemptively declare that its name did not infringe on the University's trademark. Four days later, Harvard filed its own suit, alleging that notHarvard committed trademark dilution...
...West Bank and Gaza suggest that efforts may already be underway to implement the cease-fire terms, although new clashes were reported in Gaza. But the breakdown in summitry is an indicator of the extent to which the recent violence may have reversed progress towards a final-status peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians...
...full-blown war. But it's equally clear now that Arafat will feel emboldened against pressure to accept current U.S. and Israeli formulae on the future of Jerusalem. And that, together with the domestic political situation of each of his negotiating partners, is likely to postpone any final accord for months, if not years...