Word: barak
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...assassinations are controversial. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has had to defend the morality of Israeli actions in Knesset committees. But Israeli military sources say the hits are effective. They undermine the confidence of Palestinian militiamen, and they also spread suspicion among the gunmen that their comrades may be collaborators...
...just as much as both sides need to keep the process going, neither side can afford to bring it to a conclusion any time soon. The denouement scripted by Washington in these final weeks has failed to tempt either Arafat or Barak to commit to their roles because its basic propositions contained the seeds of domestic political doom for both men. And that appears to be the reality President Clinton has failed to grasp in his attempt to pass the peacemaker baton to President-elect Bush. Right now, both sides can commit to an open-ended process that helps them...
...What of the rumors that Barak's party may yet ditch him in favor of Shimon Peres...
...Barak is still trying to make it a referendum on peace, but unless he can convince a lot of Israelis that he can change the way he's handling things, he's going to lose. What Sharon has to do is to continue to press home his ideas, which are quite uncompromising, at the same time as vowing to continue some form of peace process, but nowhere near what Barak has shown he'll give. Polls show that many Israelis right now are quite happy to withhold what Barak has offered...
...Labor party is able to do that until 96 hours before voting starts. Peres, who was considering being candidate of the Meretz party until they decided to back Barak, has said he's not interested. He's already lost four elections, and he doesn't want to lose another one. But Barak may decide not to be the one to lose it, and may step aside to allow Peres to lose it. Or the party could ditch him. Because according to the polls, while Barak loses to Sharon by a mile, Peres in some polls actually beats Sharon...