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...ISRAEL Intifadeh Report Israeli and Palestinian leaders were considering their responses to a report by a U.S.-led commission investigating the violence that began last September. The report will not be made public until both sides have responded, but Palestinian officials said it recommended that Israel halt the expansion of Jewish settlements. The panel, led by former Senator George Mitchell, did not apportion blame for igniting the conflict or ask for an international force to be sent to the region. Reports said the commission called for a cease-fire agreement and the resumption of security cooperation between the two sides...
It’s cases like these that convinced such organizations as the American Bar Association—which has no position on the death penalty per se—to urge a halt to executions until each jurisdiction can ensure that it has taken steps to minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed...
It’s cases like these that convinced Illinois Governor George H. Ryan—a Republican and a supporter of the death penalty—to put a halt to executions in Illinois until he could be certain that “everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty...
This time there could be no mistake. As the IRC jeep approached the yard, Marie flew to meet it. She rushed for her daughter with no thought of the metal tonnage heading toward her. She raced to the vehicle and slammed into its door as it braked to a halt. So as not to be knocked over, Esther took Aisha out the other side...
...that an escalation in violence could destabilize the region. The Bush administration has hoped to take a more stand-off approach to the region, but violence has escalated despite its calls for calm. In order to make a cease-fire possible, Washington has been leaning on the Palestinians to halt attacks on Israelis, and is growing more vocal in urging Israel to freeze settlement activity and ease the burden of daily life in the West Bank and Gaza. But thus far, there?s been little progress on either front...