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...EHUD BARAK, Israeli Prime Minister, saying in a television commercial that the only path to peace was through negotiations with the Palestinians...
...Ehud Barak has now suspended negotiations that his critics had dismissed as electioneering. But without the prospect of a peace deal, what tricks does Barak still have in his hat to reel in Ariel Sharon's 16-point lead...
...Nothing. If we can assume that he won't hold any new talks before the election, it's difficult to see what he can pull out of the hat. Unless Sharon makes a big mistake of some sort in the next week, it looks as if Barak is going to lose badly on election...
...Barak, too, may ultimately prefer the national unity option. It makes sense for him in some ways, but there's so much maneuvering going on that it's too early to pin down. Sharon has said he wants a unity government, with Barak as defense minister. But Barak can't publicly favor a unity government, because the basis of his campaign is that Sharon is beyond the pale - "Too extreme for Israel," as one of his campaign slogans goes. This even though a couple of months ago Barak was trying to get Sharon into a unity government. Still...
...Barak is forced to run a negative campaign...