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...avoided tipping his own hand, preferring to discuss only the security questions and hinting vaguely at his willingness to make "painful concessions" once all Palestinian violence has ended, while at the same time as signaling his right-wing political base that he has no intention of evacuating a single settlement. Despite the clear divergence with the U.S. position, Sharon has studiously avoided conflict with the White House, although where such conflict has arisen he has relied on the U.S. domestic political equation and the divisions within the Bush administration to walk Washington towards his positions. So Sharon hasn't rejected...
...access to First World financing and technology; Bombardier says it has to have aid to offset Embraer's low Third World labor costs and cheap currency. The firms have put their World Trade Organization complaints on hold and will sit down this month to try to work out a settlement. As irritating as they are, the subsidies, which mostly take the form of government loans, are a sideshow to the main contest, as Bombardier and Embraer jockey for position in a market that, while stagnant today, is expected to explode with demand. Ailing airlines of all sizes around the world...
...both sides now need to commit wholeheartedly to peace. While the first priority is the elimination of terrorism on the Palestinian side, Israeli leader Ariel Sharon needs to implement his own policies for peace. The continuing construction of new settlements and new settler “outposts” in the West Bank severely undermines Israel’s commitment to peace. While this construction activity is in no way the moral equivalent of suicide bomber attacks, halting any and all settlement construction immediately is imperative to show respect for the Palestinians...
...Abbas were to succeed, of course, Sharon might be in the difficult position of being forced to tip his hand on issues such as the fate of the settlements and the borders of a Palestinian state. Despite his mantra of readiness to make "painful compromises," Sharon's entire political career has been built championing the settlement movement, and nobody's expecting him to come close to offering a political deal even close to the minimum acceptable for Abbas, or any other Palestinian or Arab leader. But Sharon can rest easy that the domestic political situation in the Palestinian territories...
...Delhi, too, may feel the time is opportune for a settlement. Like Musharraf, Vajpayee has to deal with his own hard-liners?Hindu fundamentalists who thrive on unceasing tensions with Pakistan. But Vajpayee's position has never been stronger. His internal Kashmir policy is succeeding. Last October's free state election, which he insisted on, has led to a genuinely representative government in Srinagar and removed a persistent grievance of Kashmiris. Vajpayee can use this positive development as leverage with both the Kashmiris and with Islamabad. He can also argue that the best way to keep...