Word: eilat
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...Jewish businessman investing hundreds of millions of dollars with Arab partners in the heart of the conflict-prone Middle East as a man taking the gamble of a lifetime. Not Kerzner. He came here soon after his plan to build a casino complex in the Israeli resort of Eilat fell through, and has felt at home ever since. "We are businessmen from Dubai and we look at it as business," explains bin Sulayem. "If he is the best Jewish man but has no vision, we wouldn't do business with him. But if he is from Timbuktu with a good...
...hundreds of roadblocks were erected. Commando teams carry out search-and-arrest missions nearly every night. Palestinians consider themselves the victims of an occupying army. Israelis retort that statistics prove the validity of their methods: Last year there was only a single attack, in the Red Sea resort of Eilat...
...Humor has an edge in the Holy Land. It helps Palestinians and Israelis confront their worst fears. "In Israel, laughter is a necessity, a survival thing," says Waraday. Shortly after a suicide bombing in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, Waraday got an email from a woman who wanted to see the comedy tour. "She said, 'I live in Eilat, and I really need a laugh.' And I thought: 'Wow! That's what it?s all about...
...Eilat bombing was the first suicide attack inside Israel in 10 months. Palestinians say this lull had been a result of Hamas, previously the main backers of suicide bombers, declaring a truce. However, Israeli intelligence claims that plenty of bombers are still trying to sneak over from the Palestinian territories, but that the long security fence and checkpoints along the roads have prevented more attacks...
...Israel's government now faces a dilemma: Should it retaliate for the Eilat bombing and risk uniting the warring Palestinian factions against the traditional common foe; or should it sit back and continue to watch Hamas and Fatah shoot each other in a growing civil war? The men who sent the bomber appear to have been betting on retaliation...