Word: gaza
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...their own state, the more likely they are to return to armed struggle, gravitate toward terrorists like Hamas, or abandon the two-state approach in favor of a unitary state - in which Arabs would eventually become the demographic majority in the land encompassing Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. That would extinguish the dream of a Jewish homeland. So what should...
...Could such an arrangement work? Among Palestinians, it would face opposition from Hamas, which runs Gaza but would be excluded from the deal; among Israelis, it would provoke conservatives who would object to the inevitable dismantling of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Many of the knottiest issues, including the status of Jerusalem, would still be unresolved. But a deal on an interim Palestinian state would provide some measure of hope and allow Obama to show he is capable of extracting concessions from both sides. At this point, the alternative is more misunderstanding, bitterness and despair - a grim legacy...
...East Jerusalem (occupied by Israel since 1967); declaring its readiness to hold substantial negotiations with the Palestinians on all final-status issues (including Jerusalem, whose control by Israel Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted is non-negotiable); and making other gestures such as freeing Palestinian prisoners and easing the siege of Gaza. But the Israeli leader insisted on Monday that the Jerusalem construction plans wouldn't change, and on Tuesday he answered Clinton by saying that "the government of Israel has proven over the last year that it is committed to peace, both in words and actions." Clearly, the Israeli leader...
...issue and demanded that the White House "take immediate steps to defuse the tension with the Jewish State." This being an election year in the U.S., Obama may feel pressure from vulnerable congressional Democrats to avoid a protracted confrontation with Israel. (See pictures of Israel's assault on Gaza...
Concerns have arisen about public buildings, including government-controlled banks, being targeted for arson. Sporadic explosions began on Monday night. "This is nothing," said Setareh, a 25-year-old graduate student in English studies, the night before the festival. Tuesday, she predicted, "will feel like you're in Gaza." Police in Tehran have attributed several deaths over the past few days to faulty fireworks...