Word: regionalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ross reassured the audience that Israel will likely have many more birthdays since several Arab states--previous enemies of Israel--agreed to recognize Israeli statehood in 1993. He said there must be continued efforts for lasting peace in the region...
Before the war, the British--who controlled Palestine under a League of Nations agreement--had restricted immigration to Palestine to 10,000 a year in 1936 in an effort to stem the growing conflict between Arabs and Jews settling in the region. They continued to block refugees throughout the war, when Jews wanted most to return to their ancient homeland...
What form that self-rule would take is still undecided. One problem is that parts of Kosovo--particularly in the north and west--contain the Serbian Orthodox Church's holiest shrines. Giving Milosevic access to the region in a postwar world would reward Serb aggression. But not letting the Serbs in might be worse, making lasting peace impossible...
...least one of the region's leaders--Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic--is still hoping for a quick resolution. "I believe the war is coming to an end," he told TIME. "It was good that there was some peace initiative launched from Belgrade. It was insufficient, but encouraging...
John Hagelin His Natural Law Party volunteered to deploy 7,000 transcendental-meditation experts to "reduce stress and tension in the Kosovo region." They were turned down...