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...attack also appears to have been aimed at disrupting efforts to find a new consensus between Abbas and the Hamas government over negotiations with Israel. Abbas and Prime Minister Haniyeh are reportedly near agreement on a negotiating position that would imply recognition of Israel inside its 1967 borders. Although Hamas has until now refused to recognize Israel's legitimacy, its political wing is looking to break the international blockade on funding to the Palestinian Authority since it assumed power. A senior Hamas official told Time, "The attack [at Kerem Shalom] must also be understood as an attack on Haniyeh...
...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, embroiled in his own power struggle with Hamas, denounced the attack as ill-considered and counter-productive, saying it both "violated the national consensus" and potentially offered Israel "a pretext to launch a widespread military operation." What happens next may depend on the fate of Cpl. Shalit. Numerous countries are lobbying Palestinian leaders to do everything they can to secure his release, with Egyptian representatives apparently playing a key role. Several senior officials of the Hamas government have publicly called for Shalit to be released unharmed. The militants holding the young soldier have said they...
...Though the Al-Qaeda in Iraq element grabs much of the media attention, it accounts for no more than about 10% of the insurgency.) U.S. interests both in stabilizing Iraq and in limiting Iranian influence there depend on drawing the majority of the Sunni community into a new national consensus. But unless the bulk of the insurgents who are mounting most of the daily attacks on Coalition forces are offered a path back into Iraq's political life on terms supported by their community, there's little chance of the new government succeeding where its predecessors have failed. The move...
...Fiat board member, publicly contested Elkann's decision to up the family stake in the automaker. Differences of opinion are part of every family, Elkann notes, but insists that he aims to bring all into the fold, citing his grandfather's views. "He believed that leadership is consensus," Elkann said. "He won the support of the family and business partners and the community. He believed you lead by getting the best from the people around you." Bocconi historian Berta thinks the family's continued financial presence is important for Fiat's stability, but that the professional managers should...
...Until recently, Hyundai has been an exception in India. The general consensus among multinational manufacturers had been that India with its miserable highways and airports, hostile bureaucracy and militant labor unions was no place for a factory. While companies happily tapped India for its well-trained and low-cost IT-engineering talent, they've placed their bets on China as a manufacturing center. Although exports of manufactured goods from India grew 20% to approximately $70 billion in its last fiscal year, that's just one-tenth of the $700 billion China exported in 2005. Manufacturing accounts for only about...