Word: lande
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...taken Israelis and Palestinians 19 months of deadlock, and eight days of non-stop negotiations, to achieve an interim deal that does little more than implement the next "land-for-peace" stage of the Oslo agreement. When -- and if -- Friday's agreements are put into practice, the two sides will still have to negotiate what Oslo called the "final status" issues. These include the impossibly tricky questions of a Palestinian state, Israeli settlers in Palestinian territories and even the future of Jerusalem...
...Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed for the first time on Friday, but without much enthusiasm. "Netanyahu is ideologically opposed to Rabin's point of view," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "He's tried to undo what Rabin tried to set up. He's now saying he's ready to trade land for peace, but that remains to be seen...
...immediate danger is that a major Hamas attack will goad Netanyahu to back out of conceding land for peace. Palestinian support for the peace process is also at a low ebb. "The mood has changed," says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. "The optimism has given way to indifference and anxiety. Don't expect Palestinians to celebrate this agreement, because they doubt whether Netanyahu plans to implement any deal. For the Palestinians, Oslo was the compromise, and now this is the compromise of the compromise...
...There may be some comfort for optimists, however: Netanyahu may lack enthusiasm for the land-for-peace option, but he has found himself with no alternative. "In the realities of the current global situation and given the terms of modern warfare, Israel isn't in a very strong position to fight a war with its neighbors," says Dowell. "That makes it very difficult for Netanyahu defying the Americans and going it alone." The Palestinians, too, lack a strategic alternative to the negotiating process. So while peace hasn't yet prevailed, at least it has survived to fight another...
...Workout: One of the toughest dry-land workouts from legendary Coach Parker. Rowers run up and down all 37 stadium sections--field to top row--as quickly as possible. Parker's "gold-standard": 100 sections in 1 HOUR. Ouch...