Word: likud
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...most peculiar paradox hovers over the smoke and blood of the Middle East today. The current Palestinian uprising against Israel is aimed not at the government of Yitzhak Shamir or Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud leaders known for their hard line, but against Ehud Barak, the most dovish Israeli Prime Minister the Middle East has ever known. Indeed, Barak has gone so far that Yitzhak Rabin's widow said he'd be "turning in his grave" if he could see what concessions Barak had offered...
...streets rather than at the negotiating table, and that gives Arafat very little political cover to revive talks. Barak?s immediate political survival may depend on getting tough and putting the peace process in the deep freeze in order to form a coalition government with the right-wing Likud party. Going back to the negotiating table right now may not suit either side, even though they may work to keep channels open in order to ensure that the low-level shooting war doesn?t spin out of control. Seven years after the Oslo Accord, the reality on the West Bank...
...process. Just as the center of gravity in Palestinian politics has shifted toward the militancy of the Islamists and Fatah grass roots, so has the momentum in Israeli politics swung dramatically against Prime Minister Barak's peace policy. Barak is already seeking out a coalition with the right-wing Likud party, and few observers doubt that if he went to the polls now, he'd be trounced by a resurgent Benjamin Netanyahu...
...claim that excessive force has been used; regardless of whether such claims are accurate, such cooperation would serve as a powerful sign that Israel is willing to re-commit to the peace process. Finally, we urge Barak resist calls to form a coalition government with Sharon and the conservative Likud Party, a government with which the Palestinians would not negotiate...
...meeting CIA director George Tenet to discuss ways of ending the violence. By day?s end, Palestinian cities throughout the West Bank and Gaza were under siege by Israeli helicopters and tanks, the Prime Minister Ehud Barak was moving to establish a "national emergency" government with his hawkish Likud opposition. And Israeli and Palestinian spokesman were in agreement on one thing - the peace process was dead. Of course they typically hastened to add that it could be revived, but directed all blame for its demise at the opposing side...