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...settlers. "They want to avoid a disaster for the state of Israel if we leave," Dagan says. While Sharon says separation from the Palestinians is necessary for Israel's security, the settlers say they are motivated by security concerns as well. West Bank settlements evoke more concern than the pullout from Gaza. The West Bank is the heart of biblical Israel and home to most of Israel's 240,000 settlers, who fear that Sharon's plan is the first stage in a project to uproot other small settlements. In the case of Sa-Nur, the settlers say their departure...
Maple cabinets in the kitchen have oversize, easy-to-grab handles, plus pull-down and pullout shelves that bring cabinet contents to countertop height. "That's wonderful," says Sisk. "I'm petite, and I used to wait for a tall neighbor to come over for a drink just to get a vase off the top shelf...
Furthermore, once given a good push by the Bush administration, the spread of democracy has signs of being a virtuous cycle—it’s contagious, and the virus is spreading. No one claims a direct causal link between war in Iraq and Syrian pullout from Lebanon; however, the example of self-determination and democracy in Iraq has made people question autocratic rule at home. They have begun to believe that change is possible in their home country and know that the U.S. will support reformists’ efforts. The Iraqi elections have undoubtedly heartened the Lebanese demonstrators...
...rights and a constitutional court and council. Though not amounting to full self-government, that generous-seeming offer aroused fears in the West that South Africa, which has ruled Namibia in defiance of the United Nations for almost two decades, might be trying to dodge international demands for a pullout from the region by attempting to reach an under-the-table agreement with its Namibian opposition...
...speakers’ presentation was followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer session, in which the panelists addressed issues about inaccuracies in media portrayals and the proposed pullout in the Gaza Strip this summer...