Word: bloodshedding
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But the most blistering drama of all was in the Middle East. A final, true reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians looked breathtakingly close this summer, but finally claims to Jerusalem unleashed the furies. The bloodshed of recent weeks has set the clock back to a time when peace was a...
On the Horizon: A change of Israeli leadership when the country votes on February 6, mounting challenges to Arafat's leadership should he accept any new compromises - and the beginnings of a struggle to succeed the ailing Palestinian leader who has named no heir. There will almost certainly be more...
But Palestinians still want a Palestine, and they want their people to stop dying, which means they want a deal. And Arafat would much rather deal with Barak than Sharon, whose last foray into the peace process at Temple Mount kicked off the current round of bloodshed.
Americans are upset, of course. But since Appomattox, they have refrained from slaughtering one another for political reasons, except on an informal basis. I doubt the outcome of the election of 2000 is going to cause bloodshed.
The end was in sight. National television had already gone live last Thursday afternoon to the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, where a row of Israeli flags had been set up to flank Prime Minister Ehud Barak as he prepared to announce a cease-fire that would halt five weeks...