Word: logjammed
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...initiatives to break the logjam will be reinforced by this week's conference in Egypt between senior Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian rabbis, imams and priests, which resulted in a joint declaration that condemned "killing innocents in the name of God" and committed the signatories "to throw their moral weight behind attempts to stop the violence." Participants included Israeli and Palestinian cabinet members, and the head of Islam's most prestigious university, Cairo's Al Azhar...
...Hamas 'cease-fire,' if it means anything in practice, may ease some of the political pressure on Arafat, but it won't get him out of his strategic logjam. Israel and the U.S. are keeping up the pressure to crack down on the organization, and Hamas is currently reported to be debating Arafat's demand that it hand over one of its key military leaders for arrest in line with an Israeli demand. The smaller Islamic Jihad organization made a similar statement later on Friday, after earlier vowing to continue suicide attacks inside Israel. The 'truce' call may presage...
...that neither side sees dialogue with the other as a means of securing its vital interests. And, at the same time, the current stalemate is inherently unstable. That combination may be raising the temptation for leaders on both sides to try and break out of the strategic logjam by applying greater force...
...Soon the logjam may be broken. Elections are being held this Sunday in two powerful states, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg and polls show that Schröder's Social Democrats are likely to maintain their hold on the Rhineland while the vote in Baden-Württemberg is too close to call. The state has been governed by the cdu for almost 50 years, but if the sdp can pull off an upset, Schröder's party would once again control the upper house of parliament. That would affect not only Schröder's pending...
...another second we were out of the building. Surprisingly, I don't recall any logjam in front of the revolving doors...