Word: intifadas
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...support a more aggressive campaign against Arafat's administration. Israeli political analysts believe it was Netanyahu's challenge for the leadership of the Likud party that drove Sharon to make his ill-fated visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount a year ago, which became the pretext for the Palestinian intifada...
...year later, the bloody tally: Some 170 Israelis and 600 Palestinians have been killed in the past year's intifada, and the bloodletting continues despite this week's renewed commitment to a cease-fire. The first anniversary of the uprising that began in the wake of the breakdown in the Camp David peace finds economy and society on both sides of the divide devastated and traumatized, and any mutual trust established through the Oslo peace process shattered, possibly beyond repair. Still, while leaders on both sides have repeatedly proclaimed that the peace process itself is among the fatalities...
...concerns with those of Israel's all-important international backer - and Washington is plainly insisting that the Israelis negotiate with the Palestinian Authority rather than shut it down. That faces Sharon with a dilemma, since the levels of force he has applied until now have failed to end the intifada, and increasing the level of force is diplomatically untenable. But dialogue, in the event that it can achieve a cease-fire, will force Sharon into the uncomfortable position of having to contemplate political negotiations with Arafat...
...Palestinian leader may be even more dependent on a resumption of dialogue than his Israeli counterparts, precisely because of the toll taken by the intifada on his domestic and international political standing. Arafat may have made more visits to the Clinton White House than any other foreign leader, but the onset of the intifada essentially made him persona non grata in Washington, and suicide bombing attacks emanating from areas under his control have sharply weakened his diplomatic support in the West. On the Palestinian street, the uprising has seen the political center of gravity shift away from Arafat and towards...
...Clinton's aggressive Middle East matchmaking, arguing that such efforts were bound to fail as long as the parties themselves remain reluctant to conclude a peace deal. But left to their own devices the two sides have shown scant ability to stabilize the situation. Now, one year into the intifada, the overriding priority of the anti-terrorism coalition may force the Bush administration to start knocking heads together...