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...territory's final status but not discuss Jerusalem. He would model himself on the Nixon who went to China, the Begin who met with Sadat, while his chief lieutenants include truculent extremists like Ariel Sharon, who demand Arab capitulation on Israel's terms. Israelis all call their new leader Bibi as if they know him well, but few seem sure which of those campaign promises are the real thing...
There is nothing Shaath, Arafat or any Palestinian leader can do now except hope that everything Bibi Netanyahu said during his campaign was nothing more than electioneering rhetoric. Three years ago, though, Shaath predicted a Netanyahu government would mean the "end of the peace process." Nothing that has happened since has caused him to change that view. He will probably soon begin to sound the optimistic notes that are the only acceptable public reaction Arafat and his aides can offer at a time like this. But in the shock of the moment Shaath candidly characterized Netanyahu's election...
...Defense Minister (twice), Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (also twice). To counter Peres' reputation for meekness on security issues, he is shown, as commander in chief, in the company of Israeli military officers. In its ads attacking Netanyahu, whom nearly all Israelis call by the nickname Bibi, Labor seeks to exploit the widespread perception of him as a glib, empty suit. One commercial features ordinary people, presumably Likud voters, commenting on Netanyahu; they say over and over again, "Bibi's good looking," and "Bibi speaks good English...
...Seeking to win a respite, challenges Death to a game of chess. The Knight and Jons travel the contryside, which is ravaged by the plague. Also roaming the land is a band of travelling players--Jof (Nils Poppe), a visionary who sees the Virgin Mary, Jof's wife Mia (Bibi Andersson) and their baby...
...establishment of a trading center: Fort St. Sebastian was founded by an Englishman who wanted to be in close proximity to his object of desire, a fisherman's five-year-old daughter. Or the Mukherjee discusses the Englishwoman's discreet turning-of-head when her husband finds a bibi, a native concubine. The desire for riches and adventure that drove men to India, "jilted by primogeniture," and the insatiable lust that eventually drove them crazy are narrated with a sensitive eye for detail, a fluency of prose, and, most importantly, a surprising detachment from Hannah's personal story...