Word: brokering
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...Hamad: Arafat is in a predicament. On one hand, he's urging Arab states to break ties with Israel; on the other hand, he's appealing to Americans behind the scenes to broker a deal. But he's also angry at the Americans - today he canceled a meeting he was scheduled to hold with U.S. ambassador Martin Indyk...
When Khaled Masha'al and Sheik Hassan Nasrallah meet in Tehran this week, theirs will be a handshake to strike fear in the hearts of Israelis. The roving power broker of Hamas, 52, and the fiery 41-year-old cleric who leads Hizballah will be signaling a truce in what has been a violent if largely unheralded struggle to be the leading terror arm of the Palestinian uprising. The two were once allies. But earlier this year, Hizballah decided it wanted to go its own way. Suddenly two of the most efficient and dangerous terror groups in the world were...
...proposals. And to be sure, Israel - like the Palestinians - has plenty of cause for skepticism over the plan. Indeed, it's hard to avoid seeing the latest proposals from Amman and Cairo as a warmed-over version of the cease-fire President Clinton tried desperately, and in vain, to broker last October at Sharm el-Sheikh. Except that much has changed in the region since last October...
...past 10 years. Land values are soaring too, from $1,500 an acre for prize land a decade ago to between $4,500 and $8,000 today. "I make blind offers for twice what a ranch is worth, and I still can't get it," wails real estate broker Trip du Perier, who bills himself as the "Texas Land Man." "It's nuts...
When Khaled Masha'al and Sheik Hassan Nasrallah meet in Tehran this week, theirs will be a handshake to strike fear in the hearts of Israelis. The roving power broker of Hamas, 52, and the fiery 41-year-old cleric who leads Hezbollah will be signaling a truce in what has been a violent if largely unheralded struggle to be the leading terror arm of the Palestinian uprising. The two were once allies. But earlier this year, Hezbollah decided it wanted to go its own way. Suddenly two of the most efficient and dangerous terror groups in the world were...