Word: dovishness
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...sides were on the verge of a historic compromise, he opted for war. Coupled with the Palestinian leader’s past record (for example, his failure to crack down on the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in 1995 and 1996, which led to the replacement of the dovish Peres government with the hawkish Netanyahu one), the inevitable conclusion is that whenever Arafat smells peace , he feels the urge to loose his militants. If he had really been interested in peace, he would have continued to negotiate instead of letting all hell break loose just when a resolution was within...
...dovish Israeli daily Haaretz suggests Arafat may be coming under pressure from his close aides to abandon the path of confrontation. Privately, Palestinian leaders tell the paper that "it is not clear where Arafat is leading the Palestinian people; he may be leading them to disaster." The experience of the last year proves that Arafat's Palestinian Authority has no means of countering Israel's military might, while Palestinian society is being torn apart and the PA is losing its authority as chaos threatens...
...among the city?s remaining political leaders. He carries intellectual heft as the head of Al-Quds University and wields political clout as the organizer of Jerusalem?s 1987-93 intifadeh, which helped spur Israeli leaders to negotiate with the Palestinians. Nusseibeh is using his position to push a dovish line at a time when extremists have the upper hand...
...power of the Palestinian militias would require putting special units in harm's way. So far, Sharon has been reluctant to risk casualties, preferring to keep his men largely encased in armor. In any case, he's conducting a military campaign with an eye on Washington and his own dovish Foreign Minister Shimon Peres...
...Some people had seen a positive sign in the resignations from the cabinet of Zeevi and another right-winger, Avigdor Lieberman - they believed that would give Peres and other more dovish elements greater sway over Sharon. But the assassination of Zeevi may change everything. This may be a defining moment in the intifada. What Israel chooses to do in response to the assassination is both going to set the tone for the immediate future of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and will potentially also have a big impact on the so-called anti-terror coalition being built by the Bush administration...