Word: dovishness
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...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...
Where will the peace movement go next? Another terrorist attack in the U.S. would make it harder to argue against the use of force. But a prolonged and nasty land war, especially one requiring the re-establishment of the draft, would be sure to make more people dovish. If it does, there will be a well-established antiwar movement ready to admit them...
...intifada, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon believes time and muscle is on Israel's side, and that the only way forward for the Jewish state is to tough it out, for decades if need be, in the belief that the resolve of its enemies will ultimately weaken. But the more dovish Labor party leaders such as Knesset speaker Avram Burg believe Sharon's strategic vision is the more dangerous to Israel's long-term prospects...
...those on the dovish flank of the Labor party ought to be well aware that there's little chance of the Palestinians being ground down by force. And the conflict is placing tremendous strain on the pro-Western Arab regimes who have kept the peace in the region for most of the past three decades. An Egyptian commentator warned last week that Sharon's path was jeopardizing "the entire network of political relations upon which the possibility of Israel's peaceful existence in the Middle East depends...