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...quite a few politicians in Israel as well. Although a 1994 law prohibits foreign contributions to political parties, big donors can find ways around the restrictions. Moskowitz was a legal contributor to a movement called the Third Way, which subsequently became a political party that is today part of Netanyahu's ruling coalition. The head of the Third Way, Public Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani, was the man Moskowitz negotiated with last week in the East Jerusalem crisis...
...Benjamin Netanyahu presses ahead with Jewish settlements in the West Bank (TIME Daily...
...prepare for this difficult mission, Albright closeted herself with Middle East advisers for hours and carted home a foot-high stack of briefing books. Obsessed with understanding the personalities of foreign officials, she pored over intelligence reports on Arafat along with Netanyahu's book, A Place Among the Nations. Once on the ground, though, Albright will rely heavily on her patented blunt talk. She won't be as bare-knuckled with these sensitive rivals as she was during her visit to the Balkans last May when she repeatedly dressed down Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian strongman Franjo Tudjman...
Arafat, however, may be neither inclined nor able to crush Hamas, as Netanyahu demands. The Israeli Prime Minister isn't afraid to take the gloves off either. When Albright telephoned Netanyahu in March to plead with him to delay the East Jerusalem settlement, "he stiffed her, rudely and angrily," reveals a U.S. official, "saying in a patronizing way that she didn't understand the issue...
...events, the Chief of Staff, Lieut. General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, reminded citizens that "battles are not tragedies. They are battles." Still, once the dead have been given their due, the calamity will serve as a powerful argument for Israelis who assert it is time to leave Lebanon. The Netanyahu administration says it will do just that if the government in Beirut will disband the militias and take responsibility for the security zone. Increasingly, Israelis are saying they cannot wait...