Word: carrot
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...Palestinians have shown that no amount of brutality can curb their desire to have a future. It is time for Israel to change tactics and offer a carrot in exchange for peace. Israel should stop the settlements now and promise to build no more if the Palestinians agree to live in peace. Only by surrounding their state with peace-motivated Palestinians can Israelis live peacefully. Belligerence has brought them nothing. ELI C. PEREZ Columbia...
...want to enter a plea today of guilty, because this will ensure to save my life," he said as carrot dangling ensued. Concerning September 11, he told the court, "I know exactly who done it, I know which group, who participated, and I know when it was decided." To sweeten his offer of cooperation, he added: "I have many, many information to give to the America people about an existing conspiracy...
...President Bush's positions demoralized European and Arab diplomats engaged in efforts to revive the peace process - and even the Israeli peace camp. All were looking to the U.S. to establish a political solution based on the 1967 borders. That, they felt, would be the carrot Palestinian leaders could offer to their constituents: End violence now, and we'll have our own Palestinian state. Bush did clearly say that Israel would have to end its occupation of territories conquered in 1967. But he did not address how the Palestinians could begin the necessary reforms while the Israeli military has everyone...
...Winners BRITNEY SPEARS Pop princess tops Forbes list of most powerful celebrities. She came in only 6,232,219,521 places ahead of Carrot Top ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Drama king cheered for Bombay Dreams. Like all good Bollywood, it's a tale of love, family and incomprehensible 30-minute musical numbers BILL LAIMBEER Former NBA Bad Boy becomes coach in WNBA. He'll teach his players a respect for the game and how being a crybaby can influence referees Losers ANDY LAU Canto-popper hit by $19 million lawsuit. Bad, but he'll feel better if he asks himself...
...almost entirely on the Palestinians. Bush demanded that they oust their leader and replace him with one more palatable to Washington, build a "practicing democracy based on tolerance and liberty" (a standard not yet met by any of Washington's Arab allies) and stop the attacks on Israel. The carrot: Perform those tasks to U.S. satisfaction over the next 18 months and the Palestinians will get a provisional state in those territories currently designated as under Palestinian Authority control - in other words, a return to the failed 1993 Oslo deal, but with the Palestinian Authority now called a provisional state...