Word: intifadas
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...Belgrade. And while their artillery and air forces were exchanging fire over Kashmir last year, Indians and Pakistanis were still munching on Macs - "lamburgers" in the Indian case, since the chain has eschewed beef there out of respect for Hindu dietary customs. And only weeks before the latest intifada began, the Palestinian Authority was trying to interest Mickey D's in setting up shop in a series of malls planned for such latter-day hotspots as Kalkilya, Tulkarm, Bethlehem and Ramallah...
...restrain Palestinians for fear of stampeding Israeli voters to the right, or do they press on regardless of whether the man they'll ultimately face across the negotiating table is Netanyahu or Barak. But the election also presents Arafat with an opportunity: After all, the Palestinian leader knows the intifada alone will not force Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza, and a return to negotiations is inevitable - and Barak now needs a peace deal more than ever...
They are frustrated with the military rule of the Israelis which denies them freedom of movement and expression, adequate access to natural resources and makes them victim to frequent arbitrary arrests, torture and detention. Many Palestinians have close relatives or friends who were wrongfully jailed during the Intifada in the 1980s...
...dead, after all, is a principle central to both cultures, and it has given the current wave of violence a self-sustaining life of its own. Israel's security cabinet met Wednesday with a view to abandoning its self-styled "policy of restraint" in dealing with the Palestinian intifada, following the killing of four Israelis in drive-by shootings on Monday. And Palestinian gunmen continued to confront Israeli soldiers and settlers Wednesday despite reports that Yasser Arafat had called on his supporters to stop shooting...
...clear now that no one on either side really knows where to take this. A lot of Palestinian leaders and intellectuals are wondering about their exit strategy and about what they hope to get out of the new intifada. Many are saying privately that they don't have an answer when they go to their leaders with this question. They're just hoping to pressure Israel into making the next move. At the beginning, Hussein Sheikh told us it was the 'battle for final status,' saying the uprising was necessary to strengthen the Palestinians' negotiating position. But right now that...