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...foreign minister Friday might look like an act of provocation to the Palestinians, who hold him responsible for more than one massacre over the years, but it could advance the peace process. "Netanyahu is doing this to calm the Israeli right wing," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The right wing sees him as the staunchest guardian of their interests, and he can bring them on board for Netanyahu's plan to give away another chunk of the West Bank...
...Palestinians, for their part, will probably welcome Sharon's inclusion: "Israel's peace partners may not like what Sharon says, but they find him credible," says Beyer. "They believe that what he says really is his position, whereas Netanyahu has gained a reputation as being deceptive." And they know that if Sharon has the power to disrupt any deal on the Israeli side, it may be better to have him at the table...
...Earle, a noted deep-sea diver and ocean advocate. Says he: "In a few days, she taught me the wonder of her world. I think she loves her subject too much to keep it to herself." Other stories came from a global team of TIME correspondents and contributors: Lisa Beyer, Jack Epstein, Christopher Hallowell, Thomas Sancton and John Skow. Beyer discovered that one of Jordan's leading conservationists is a 28-year-old cousin of King Hussein...
...expected to pitch to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday -- may be good news for Benjamin Netanyahu. "It would free Netanyahu of any obligations under the Oslo peace accords, which he opposed, and would freeze the current situation in Palestinian territories," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "That would mean a Palestinian state in half of Gaza and a few islands of the West Bank...
...Washington is unlikely to recognize the new state a year before Al Gore runs for president, while recognition by European countries may signal a sense of closure on the Palestinian question: "Recognizing a small Palestinian state allows the international community to wash its hands of the Palestinian issue," says Beyer. But with Netanyahu showing little sign of advancing the peace process on any other front, Arafat may well feel that he has no option...