Word: dovishness
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...Yasser Arafat will never stick to an acceptable peace agreement, right-wing parties are getting a boost in the polls. This shift to the right also colors the way left-wingers are fighting the election, which Sharon called after the Labor Party quit his "national unity" coalition. Even some dovish candidates, like Labor Party leader Mitzna, are keen to show they won't be saps for the Palestinians. Sharon's biggest advantage in this election is that he is the only party leader who actually fought in the desperate 1948 war and held key roles in all the existential struggles...
...beginning." Thursday's report to the UN Security Council by the officials leading arms inspection efforts in Iraq gave the strongest indication yet that the inspection process won't yield a definitive judgment on whether the country is conducting prohibited weapons programs by the January 27 deadline. The most dovish voices in the Bush war party - Secretary of State Colin Powell and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair - are warning that January 27 should not, in fact, be regarded as a definitive deadline at all. Bush Administration hawks may have other ideas as the U.S. moves rapidly to assemble...
...Prime Minister Tony Blair had organized a high-level conference in London this month to discuss rapid movement toward a "final status" agreement, a course firmly rejected by Sharon. Mindful of that, the British leader also showed his support for Sharon's opponent in this month's Israeli election, dovish Labor Party leader Amram Mitznah, by inviting him to 10 Downing Street. Following Sunday's bombing, however, Sharon banned Palestinian representatives from traveling to Blair's conference, drawing an angry response from London. Sharon won't mind, of course, as long as he keeps the White House in his corner...
...serving Foreign Minister, Eban helped persuade the U.N. to approve the 1948 creation of the state and fervently defended Israel's aggressive actions in the pivotal 1967 war. Though he could be glib--he liked to say Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity"--Eban was resolutely dovish, advocating an early land-for-peace deal. More popular with Jews abroad than with Israelis, many of whom were put off by his intellectualism, he also wrote several books, including the 1984 best seller Heritage: Civilization and the Jews...
...defeated, party hack Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. And they don't expect Mitzna to lead them to victory in the elections, which are likely to show a wartime swing to the right. After 20 months in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "national unity" coalition, Labor just wants a dovish alternative to the hard line. They can count on Mitzna for that. As Prime Minister, he promises, he'd restart negotiations with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. If there was no peace agreement after a year of talks, he'd unilaterally withdraw from the entire Gaza Strip and evacuate the 7,000 Israeli...