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...Heights be approved by a majority of eligiblevoters rather than simply those who bother to vote, making the necessary target more like 65 percent of the actual turnout. But the bill, which is still in its early stages, is not the real problem, says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "That is easily fixed," says Beyer. "The reason Barak lost so badly was primarily because the Shas party, one of his most important coalition partners, voted against him as a protest on an entirely unrelated issue - its demand for a greater say in the running of the education department...
...parliamentary setback, however, simply confirmed the waning of the optimism over peace prospects that followed Barak's election. "Barak came in promising peace with the Syrians, but that's broken down," says Beyer. "He promised to produce a final agreement with the Palestinians, but instead those talks are absolutely frozen." And his promise of unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon by July looks more than shaky as Hezbollah guerrillas fight on unrelentingly. The consequence of breakdowns on the Syrian and Palestinian front, and Israel's bombing of Lebanon in response to Hezbollah attacks, has seen Barak's store of goodwill among...
...Washington's stance is getting harder to maintain. "Despite the official ambiguity, officials have over the last decade become less cautious about indirectly confirming Israel's nuclear capability," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "There's even been a low-key debate among scholars and thinkers over whether the ambiguity serves any constructive purpose. But its primary purpose today may be that it creates an excuse for the U.S. to avoid coming down hard on Israel." Just don't tell Pakistan or India...
...from the fact that only 20 percent supported handing back the Sinai Peninsula at a comparable stage in the 1978 peace negotiations with Egypt. "Whether it be to the Egyptians, the Palestinians or the Syrians, Israelis are always opposed to giving away land," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "But then when a leader whose security credentials they trust presents it to them as part of a package that will bring peace, they ultimately go for it. Because in the end, they're a peace-loving people...