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...button domestic issue at election time. Israel can count on strong support in both parties on Capitol Hill when it comes to the peace process, and Republicans were even happy to underwrite former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's constant efforts to sabotage it, but kissing up to China might offend some traditionally pro-Israel GOP conservatives. Still, Barak might not tempt fate unless he was fairly secure in Israel's ability, if push comes to shove, to muster greater congressional support than its critics. After all, he ultimately knows where his bread is buttered...
...reach an agreement with his Syrian interlocutors, but these statements, coupled with Syrian-backed violence in Lebanon, harden the Israeli electorate against a peace treaty with Syria and make it increasingly difficult for Barak to sell a future peace to his own people. Syria's reckless statements that offend the Israeli electorate's most basic sensibilities reduce Assad's chances of regaining the Golan Heights...
...home. But this being an election year, political considerations may weigh heavily in favor of allowing the appeals process to be exhausted, so that the final decision can be attributed to the courts. "The government will want to handle this with kid gloves so as not to offend the Florida vote," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "So far the Justice Department has shown no inclination to actually enforce the ruling they made back in January that Elian should go home." Indeed, during the hearing Judge Moore had asked why the INS hadn't simply rejected Lazaro Gonzalez...
...want to offend Luke and Laura, who seem to have had some very unfortunate troubles, but these contrived marriages seem doomed to fail. Maybe getting hitched after a first date is romantic, but to me, it means more when a commitment evolves without depending on the powers vested by a church, state or a TV network that pushed that Action show way too hard...
Panelists also differed on the question of whether the NEA should fund controversial art that might offend particular cultural or religious groups...