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...America's national interest now lies in finding ways to reduce the level of violence in the Middle East and move Israel and the Palestinians toward a political settlement. This is not "rewarding terrorism." It is, rather, a recognition that until Palestinian aspirations are satisfied, the Middle East won't find stability and the U.S. won't find allies--either among Arab nations or in Europe--for taking action to remove Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction from Iraq...
...Gunaratna, the LTTE continue to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora around the world, although any explicit coercion has been replaced by implicit threats. The majority of the 500,000-strong Sri Lankan Tamil community abroad backs peace. But some?among them generous donors?oppose it, fearing a settlement would threaten their ability to win permission to settle abroad as embattled refugees from a war-torn land. "There are many who arrived in recent years and their applications for citizenship are still pending," says Charles Antonidaz, a British Tamil who has lived in London for 10 years, adding he knows...
Reich said the support of the Harvard community was critical in Dalton’s battle with Harvard, which eventually paid Dalton $260,000 in a mediated settlement...
...that moderate Arab and Palestinian leaders across the board have repeatedly stressed that there is no other address for negotiations. Sharon's coalition government is founded on a security consensus, but is deeply divided over the political horizon. His Labor Party coalition partners favor rapid movement towards a final settlement based on the same land-for-peace principles articulated in the Arab League's recent peace offer; Sharon opposes that vision and talks of "interim" agreements with unnamed moderate leaders lasting a decade or more. But Sharon may be swimming against the tide of an emerging international consensus around...
...Powell has purposely worked to diminish expectations that he'll pull a cease-fire out of a hat. But what he has begun to do is reinvigorate discussion over a political settlement, hoping to start a process that clarifies a viable and attractive destination for both sides in order to entice them, once again, to resume their painful journey towards peace...