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...when Israel won't recognize our existence?" Israel, for its part, will not talk to Hamas until the militants abandon their vow to destroy the Jewish state, renounce terrorism and give up their weapons. Relations between Israel and the Palestinians are at a low: 14 of the new Hamas cabinet ministers took the oath of office last week by videophone because Israel refuses to let Hamas officials travel by road between the West Bank and Gaza. Still, Hamas is observing a 14-month-old cease-fire with Israel, though other Palestinian groups continue to launch attacks. Last week...
...Harper's Conservatives took control of Parliament Hill in January, the amorous part of the equation has been hard to discern. The friction edged up a level last Tuesday, when for the first time in years, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) failed to inform reporters about a full Cabinet meeting. Suspecting something was up, members of the parliamentary press corps staked out the Centre Block that morning to try to buttonhole ministers entering the building. Among them was CBC cameraman Victor Modderman, who spotted Harper's three-limousine motorcade cruising up the Parliament Hill driveway. But just...
...Cabinet meeting was indeed in the cards. But by the time the PMO released a press advisory hinting at that, the session was well under way. Moreover, the veiled wording of the advisory--"There will be a Government media availability, today in the foyer of the House of Commons"--was almost Soviet in its stiff obfuscation...
...mouse tactics from a ruling party that won the Jan. 23 election promising a more open government? The PMO says the media are overreacting, that it was just trying to ensure an orderly process. Because of an arcane parliamentary rule, journalists can stake out the third-floor Cabinet room only if the PMO announces that a meeting is about to take place. Instead the PMO wanted reporters to wait in the grand foyer one flight below, arguing that the larger space would be safer, would allow ministers who wanted to talk to the press more space...
...things won't improve without a big sacrifice." But he adds that the cdu needs to shoulder more of the burden of introducing controversial policies. One reason the spd has been losing support, he says, is that Merkel has kept her distance from such measures, leaving them to spd Cabinet members instead. "The Chancellor should put her foot down for painful reforms," says Thierse. Maybe, but judging by her performance so far, that's just not her style. Merkel appears to prefer working behind the scenes to basking in the limelight. She has brought a collegial atmosphere to the Chancellery...