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...Washington pushing hard for concessions from both sides to secure an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before President Clinton leaves office, it may actually suit Ehud Barak to be seen as on the ropes for a while longer. Barak's government faces collapse on Thursday, when the resignations of four cabinet members from the ultra-religious Shas party take effect. But the religious party, which mainly represents orthodox Jews who emigrated to Israel from the Arab world, isn't balking at the peace process; it simply wants more money funneled into its school system, no government oversight of that system...
Changes within the Syrian government started accelerating earlier this year as the elder Assad's health began to decline. A general who had questioned why another Assad should become President was retired, and a former Prime Minister was arrested on corruption charges. Soon after, the entire 37-member cabinet resigned en masse, allowing Bashar to recommend suitable candidates for some jobs in the new cabinet. "An improved administration is the key to this process," he told Al-Hayat, a London-based Arabic paper...
...there are any grounds for optimism in Washington, it has to be qualified by a time frame that will see President Clinton, who had hoped to add an Israel-Syria peace deal to his trophy cabinet, long gone from office. "Bashar is of a different generation than his father, and his education in the West has given him a more modern view of the world," says TIME State Department correspondent Douglas Waller. "It's probable that he doesn't hate the Israelis as much as his father did, but that doesn't mean he'll jump into a peace deal...
...Many board members, including myself, have expressed interest and willingness to attend Cabinet meetings, at the invitation of the students," Kidd wrote in an e-mail message...
...efforts are being made to increase Cabinet participation among program directors, who are usually focused on their service programs and not on PBHA as a whole...