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George W. Bush has given Clinton the green light to reach a deal. But if Jan. 20 passes without one, Arafat knows it will take Bush some time before his diplomatic team will probably be ready to broker an accord. And if Sharon wins in Israel, that day may never come. Perhaps that's what Arafat wants. But, as Clinton mused at a press conference last week, "we're all operating under a deadline. It's just some of us know what our deadline...
...Bush Challenge: While maintaining the U.S. commitment to help the parties find ways of coexisting, the Bush administration may be inclined to be a more distant participant in the peace process, emphasizing the need to maintain stability. The new administration may remember that the Oslo Accord took shape during the last Bush administration, with very little direct involvement by the U.S. And, of course, wider U.S. interests in the region from oil prices to Iraq policy require that Washington do some work in rebuilding relations with moderate Arab regimes. Which may mean the Bush campaign promise to move...
...cajole European NATO allies to act decisively to stop the bloodletting in Bosnia and to drive Yugoslavian troops out of Kosovo. He also funneled support to the Serbian opposition parties that helped bring Milosevic down. But the equilibrium he?s leaving behind is unstable - five years after the Dayton Accord and 18 months after the Kosovo cease-fire, the region's old enemies show no greater inclination to just get along...
...dove Peres bodes ill for Barak's efforts to regain the confidence of an electorate that had, only eight months ago, handed him a landslide victory over Benjamin Netanyahu. There also appears to have been some horse-trading going on, with Peres having been offered "a senior position in accord with his experience and ability." It was not clear what that job might be or whether he would take...
...guard in the Science Center reported someone disturbing the peace. The man left of his own accord...