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...mandate. Facing certain defeat in his efforts to stop Israel's parliament from adopting a motion to force new elections, the Israeli prime minister shocked his opponents Tuesday by simply calling a new election himself after serving only 18 months of his four-year term. Having failed to coax hawkish opposition leader Ariel Sharon into a national unity government, Barak found his minority government isolated in the legislature. By calling new elections, he's opted for a referendum on how Israel should respond to the political crisis brought on by the collapse of the peace process. But his chances...
Many Jews and ex-Israelis are extremely hawkish while leading safe and comfortable lives in New York City, Paris and London. They urge us Israelis not to give up an inch, to show strength, to send our sons to war. If we win a swift and stunning victory, they will be enormously proud. But if not, well, it's no skin off their back. SHMUEL OFRI Tel Aviv...
...leave them little alternative. The Israeli leader bought himself a month's grace in the form of temporary support from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party when parliament reopened Monday, but he heads a minority government that may be unable to avoid the prospect of early elections now that the hawkish Likud party has vowed to topple Barak rather than join him in an emergency government. And few analysts are optimistic over Barak's chances of winning an election held during an intifada...
...West Bank and Gaza reached 161 Monday - all but 12 of them Arab - the prime minister elected on promises of completing the peace process started by Yitzhak Rabin found himself fighting for his political life Monday, having failed to form an emergency unity government with Ariel Sharon's hawkish Likud party. Israel's parliament reconvened Monday with Barak at the head of an embattled minority coalition warning that the window for pursuing the peace process was closing and that talks could only be resumed if the Palestinians end their demonstrations. The Israeli leader now finds himself unable to govern...
...Democrats go, Gore became something of a curiosity: cautious on social issues; liberal on civil rights and liberties; progressive on consumer matters; distinctly hawkish on national security; and obsessed with issues like global warming, which only a small percentage of the electorate put on their list of things to worry about at any time. He once described himself as a "raging moderate," but he was also a loner, far from the backslapping Democratic cloakrooms. Once on board the Clinton team, he took his place to the right of Clinton and Hillary, pushing the fights to shrink the government, balance...