Word: confrontational
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...weeks ago, Sharon privately told a U.S. visitor that he liked Abbas, though he added that he hadn't yet seen any attempt by the new Palestinian chief to rein in the terrorist groups. Sharon's bottom line for a return to peace talks is for Abbas to confront the Islamists of Hamas and the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and halt the rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip. The persistence of such attacks may jeopardize Sharon's plans to evacuate all Israeli settlers from Gaza as early as this summer, which...
...schools, 85% of teachers demonstrated that they had little idea how to resolve a bullying problem: the best solution, they said, was to bring together perpetrator and victim. Bad move, says Michal Kolar, chairman of the Prague-based Society Against Bullying, who describes that technique as like "trying to confront a cobra with a mouse." Instead, he says, teachers should isolate the victim from the oppressor...
...Britain by Robert Peston, a journalist with close ties to the Brown camp, which details the Blair-Brown feud and describes their relationship as becoming one of "mutual animosity and contempt." Blair denies Peston's account, describing the book as "tittle-tattle," but Brown does not. Alarmed Labourites confront the pair at a heated meeting, and put pressure on them to quash the fuss. The next day, Brown says, "Of course I trust the Prime Minister...
...weeks ago, Sharon privately told a U.S. visitor that he liked Abbas, though he added that he hadn't yet seen any attempt by the new Palestinian chief to rein in the terrorist groups. Sharon's bottom line for a return to peace talks is for Abbas to confront the Islamists of Hamas and the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and halt the rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip. The persistence of such attacks could jeopardize Sharon's plans to evacuate all Israeli settlers from Gaza as early as this summer, which is viewed...
...with its damaged security infrastructure, to dismantle militant factions by force, we find Abbas’ approach promising. Through a negotiated cease-fire with Palestinian militants, Abbas can buy time until prospects of a concrete peace plan with Israel emerge and until the Palestinian Authority attains enough power to confront militants head-on. Such steps are needed to avoid a Palestinian civil war, and Abbas’ approach, while imperfect, deserves a chance...