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TIME.com: Ariel Sharon's coalition government has a broader base than any of its predecessors in more than a decade. Will it manage to stabilize the fractious frenzy of Israeli domestic politics...
...Whether or not Barak accepts Sharon's offer to stay on as defense minister, it now looks increasingly likely that the outgoing prime minister's party will join Sharon in a unity government designed to stabilize both Israel's fractious domestic politics and its relations with the Palestinians. The broad terms of that unity-government agreement will be an undertaking by Sharon to respect existing treaties with the Palestinians signed by his predecessors; concerted efforts to make peace with Israel's neighbors; and a moratorium on new Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. And there's no difficulty...
...Hill, it's now widely assumed that while Bush spreads goodwill, Cheney will sow fear. He is the Administration's chief enforcer. His task is not to woo Democrats but to keep fractious Republicans in line. Senator John McCain got a glimpse of that Cheney two weeks ago, when he arrived at the White House for what he thought would be a private meeting with the President to discuss campaign-finance reform. Cheney was there too. And though Bush suggested he was open-minded about McCain's proposal to restrict campaign funding, Cheney made it clear he wasn't. McCain...
...morbid symptoms of Israel's inconclusive electoral system are reflective of the Jewish state's increasingly fractious makeup. But while Israeli politicians have their philosophical differences, the extent to which those interfere with their political choices is limited. National security has always been the organizing principle of Israeli politics, and the differences among politicians must be read against their common security concerns. The last four prime ministers Israelis have elected have been senior military officers, two from each side of the political divide. Those men differed profoundly on strategy and tactics, but they share the same core concerns. For example...
...Before Sharon is able to move at all, he'll have to form a government - no mean feat at the best of times in Israel's fractious parliament, and with the added disadvantage that the balance of seats in the Knesset remains unchanged (Tuesday's election is solely to select a prime minister). Tabulate the combined representation of all the parties supporting Sharon, and he's still short of a majority. He may be forced to spend up to two months cobbling together a unity coalition, or else he'll have to opt to lead a minority government that would...