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...secretly in airport conference rooms from Washington to New York City, imagining a mutual future that might never arrive. "We tried not to jump up and down or giggle," says an executive of the moment when they realized their infatuation would be made legit. "It took tremendous personal restraint...
...intelligence chiefs. The group has grown less extreme in recent years, sending delegates to the Lebanese parliament, but Hizballah is still closely tied to Tehran and remains as determined as ever to fight Israel. Yet it also seems to pay attention to suggestions from Syria on when to show restraint and when to step up attacks on Israel...
...circumstances like these, the White House would typically urge all sides to show restraint. Not this time. Peres has a reputation for softness on security, and he faces a nasty election fight with the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu on May 29. The U.S. supports Peres, who has led the peace process, and it essentially gave him a green light to burnish an image of toughness...
...tough enough," says McGeary. "He now has the opportunity, given the recent firings of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, to show voters that he will act decisively against threats to Israeli security." The U.S. response to the attack has so far been decidedly low key. The White House urged restraint, but placed the blame on Hizballah for firing rockets into Northern Israel. "The U.S. is staying out of this conflict," says McGeary. "They are not putting pressure on Israel to curtail its military activities, hoping that the attacks will bolster Peres' popularity and secure his reelection." Adding to the volatility...
There is delicacy and restraint in all these performances as they ease a far-fetched premise toward believability under Richard Pearce's clear, cool direction. The script by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson is obviously a fairy-tale, but the unsentimental realism of its telling, combined with our profound need to believe in it just now, turns A Family Thing into a curiously affecting little movie...