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...Israelis appear to have restrained themselves to allow Western pressure to force Arafat to act against the militants. The Palestinian leader's own goal of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza is only possible through negotiations with Israel. But more than any strategic epiphany, the restraint shown by both sides since Friday night was a product of concerted international intervention...
...suicide bomber belonging to the militant Hamas group killed himself and six other people and injured more than 100 others when he detonated explosives outside a shopping mall in the coastal town of Netanya. The Palestinian Authority condemned the bombing and called on the Israeli government to show restraint, but the Israeli cabinet was already meeting to decide its furious response. The airstrikes and artillery bombardment killed at least 20 people and wounded more than...
...throwing eggs at politicians." In Poland on a European speaking tour, Bill Clinton was also the target of an egg thrower. The ex-President brushed himself off, saying, "It's good for young people to be angry about something." Leave it to Clinton to teach the world about restraint...
...international community was scandalized. But if Sharon had confined himself to the assassinations, helicopter strikes and sending his troops into Palestinian controlled areas which have become commonplace in recent weeks, he could have kept on doing that for a very long time before there was pressure for restraint. There are reports of discussions in some government circles about whether it might be better for Israel if the Palestinian Authority was allowed to collapse and Arafat was forced back into exile. Not that Sharon is thinking this way, but it shows the mood of some of his supporters...
Throughout the sit-in, by most accounts, HUPD acted with commendable restraint and sympathy for the students involved. Though there were some tense moments at the beginning of the occupation, protesters and police eventually settled into a stable coexistence...