Word: intifadas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Although the peace process requires Arafat's Palestinian Authority to police terrorist activities in areas under their control, they too have proven unwilling or unable to rein in the militants, more so since the onset of the latest intifada last October...
...past six months. And the rocket attack on the car of one of his bodyguards may also be intended as a warning to the Palestinian leader of the consequences of continuing the uprising. But on the other side, the young militants who have organized and led the latest intifada are ready for Sharon to bring it on, and aren't likely to give Arafat much room to find an accommodation with the new Israeli government...
This argument goes too far, I think, in its cynicism about the current plight of Israel. Although the Intifada is making life extremely stressful and increasing the personal insecurity of Israelis, the country is under no real military threat. A unity government comprising Labor and Likud would shut down the internal discourse on peace within Israel, reinforcing the Palestinians in their belief that there is no real difference between the two sides...
...making peace than Barak. Long-term observers of the region wouldn't be at all surprised if Sharon begins by making some dramatic gesture toward the Palestinians, such as lifting the closure of the West Bank and Gaza that has been in force throughout most of the current intifada. Indeed, as a longtime counterinsurgency warrior, his approach may be to shift Israeli strategy toward punishing Palestinian leaders rather than the entire Palestinian population, as a way of isolating them from their own supporters. And sending positive messages to the Palestinians, as well as the neighboring Arab regimes and Washington, would...
...vote for him. It was the withdrawal of Israeli-Arab support that cost Shimon Peres the 1996 race against Benjamin Netanyahu, and they helped Barak trounce Netanyahu three years later. But the killing of some 13 Israeli-Arab youths by police during protests in support of the Palestinian intifada has embittered the community against Barak's government, and his chances of winning their support are minimal even in the face of the challenge from Sharon...