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...mood of the terrorists seemed to be shifting. The spiritual leader of Hizballah, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, modified his tough position by calling on all parties to help end the ordeal of the hostages. Explained Martin Kramer, an expert in Shi'ite affairs at Tel Aviv University: "They want to regain their dignity and pride and then proceed to negotiate...
...grossed $17 million so far. The show has also been mounted in London, where Anthony Hopkins is playing the character based on Boursicot, and in Buenos Aires and Hamburg. Remarkably for a nonmusical, it has been booked for major productions in Paris, Brussels, Oslo, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Auckland, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, San Juan and New Delhi. This makes Hwang the first U.S. playwright to become an international phenomenon in a generation, since the heyday of Edward Albee. Dozens of film companies have bid for the rights. Says Hwang: "I guess the play...
...growing domestic political crisis were swiftly overshadowed by the violence endemic to the divided Holy Land. Only 18 hours after Shamir's announcement, an Arab fundamentalist from Gaza whose family had been wounded by Israeli soldiers grabbed the wheel of an Israeli bus as it traveled along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. Shouting "Allah Akbar!" (("God is great!")), he sent the bus hurtling down a 495-ft. ravine. The fiery plunge killed 14 people and wounded an additional 27. It was the worst single attack against Israelis since the start of the uprising. "This is a shocking disaster," Shamir said...
This year's awardees are: Kyu-Chul Choi, from Seoul, South Korea; Monica Flores Correa, from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Yossi Melman, from Tel Aviv, Israel; and Goenawan Mohamad from Jakarta, Indonesia...
...lies," but later his spokesman acknowledged that the intelligence report existed. While the document offered no specific recommendations, it did say Jerusalem could no longer ignore the P.L.O. The intelligence assessment came a fortnight after a critical report from the prestigious Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. In a study sponsored by the American Jewish Congress, the think tank concluded that none of the long-term peace options that either Shamir or the Palestinian leadership considers acceptable have any chance to succeed. The scholars argued that moving beyond the status quo requires a long process of mutual...