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...edge of a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. The Palm Beach Hotel-the name seemed hilarious-was besieged by a serious fence topped with thick rolls of concertina wire and guarded by Israeli troops in blockhouses. There didn't seem to be many guests. Who on earth would choose to spend a holiday there? I had similar feelings about the Israeli settlers who lived nearby: Why on earth were they doing this? There was a cockeyed rationale for the Jewish settlements in the West Bank: Judea and Samaria were the heart of ancient Israel, and a modern Jewish presence...
...more serious concern is what the Palestinians will do when the Israelis depart. "The pictures of the evacuation will be hard enough for most Israelis to swallow," says Shai Feldman, an Israeli security expert at Brandeis University. "But if we also see Palestinians looting and destroying the settlements, and dancing on the rooftops-as they did when we left southern Lebanon-then it will be near impossible to resume negotiations on a final peace settlement." Worse, if Palestinian radicals fire rockets at the Israeli settlers as they leave, it could trigger a resumption of major combat between the two sides...
...according to most medical experts, lacks a consciously functioning brain. Although Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers were initially united in seeking extensive treatment for Terri's condition, the two sides have been estranged since February 1993, when they apparently had a falling out over the $300,000 malpractice settlement that Michael won from Schiavo's gynecologist, who failed to detect the potassium imbalance that led to her collapse. (An additional $750,000 from the case was put into trust for Terri's care, although Michael Schiavo's lawyers claim almost all of it has been used for medical and legal...
Some Democrats tried to make political hay out of the fact that Republicans were rallying to the defense of Schiavo, much of whose care has been paid for by a malpractice settlement along with Medicaid, just when the G.O.P. was trying to limit such awards and cut Medicaid spending. Even if that doesn't help their case on specific issues, some Democrats believe the Schiavo episode may change voters' general perception of the two parties. "This is a cold, bracing slap in the face for a lot of Americans, as to the degree they want these very personal issues debated...
...whom he has several children. He refuses to divorce Terri, which would force him to surrender his legal authority over her. Ironically, the money he has used to pay his lawyers, including renowned “right-to-die” advocate George Felos, is from the million-dollar settlement awarded in 1992 to pay for Terri Schiavo’s medical care. In effect, the money earmarked to save her life is the very money being used to kill...