Word: cede
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...being touted by some senior Israeli politicians is the idea of "unilateral separation" from the Palestinians, as first suggested by Ehud Barak. That would involve Israel simply putting up a defensible wall and keeping Palestinians out, allowing them to establish a state on whatever piece of territory Israeli deigns cede. Again, an idea that may appeal in abstract, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty of what do about Jerusalem or the settlers dotted throughout Palestinian territory, it starts to look a little implausible. More importantly, the whole purpose of negotiating a final peace deal with the Palestinians...
Katharine Graham took charge not only of herself, but also of Washington. She declined to speak at the all-male Gridiron Club. She refused to cede to the customary after-dinner conversational separation of men and women—and in her refusal, destroyed it. She entered boardrooms full of men and made them think that meeting with her could be normal, or maybe special...
...truth at Camp David, it was the Palestinian leader who had most reason to be alarmed by Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon. Because for Palestinian militants, both of the Islamist stripe and of his own Fatah organization, the lesson of Lebanon was that Israel could be forced to cede control of occupied territory if it were forced to pay a high enough price. Once Arafat launched a second intifada, it was those militants rather than the aging PLO chairman who claimed the strategic initiative in Palestinian politics...
...date, PSLM has expressed little trust in administration promises of good-faith negotiation. The recommendations of this committee will necessarily be non-binding, as Harvard would never cede its control over wages to an outside group, and the protesters may therefore worry that the committee’s conclusions will be determined in advance or, alternatively, ignored by the administration. The University can help allay this fear by discussing the makeup, agenda and timetable for the committee in advance; though the committee should be assembled within the next few weeks, the schedule of its meetings must accommodate the crucial student...
between the two countries. Both refused to cede the territory, so Fisher worked out an agreement in which Twintza was turned into a de-militarized conservation area, under the sovereignty of Peru. However, Ecuador would own the land like it owned its embassy property in a foreign country...