Word: statehooder
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...sides of the street, chanting against each other, would actually agree on quite a bit. Despite their opposition to the demonstration, most of the counter-protesters to whom I spoke acknowledged that what was happening to the Palestinians was “terrible thing” and that Palestinian statehood was a necessity for lasting peace, even if it meant uprooting some of the settlements in the West Bank...
...that's causing consternation among the Arab allies Washington wants to recruit for a war to topple Saddam Hussein. Other parties mediating the conflict, including Israeli peacemakers such as foreign minister Shimon Peres, have long emphasized that progress depends on linking cease-fire efforts to negotiations over Palestinian statehood. The emergence of the Saudi initiative offers Washington a stalking horse, potentially allowing it to revive political negotiations without appearing to directly reward Arafat...
...engineer responsible for the Qassam-2, but that's not enough for Israel, which will continue to hold the PA responsible for the missile threat. An escalation of violence may leave Arafat further isolated by the U.S. and Israel, perhaps putting his prospects of negotiating his way to Palestinian statehood irrevocably beyond his grasp...
...simplest measure of statehood, after all, is a monopoly of force in a sovereign territory. And two days of fierce fighting in the southeastern town of Gardez have shown the limits of Kabul's authority. When the shooting stopped, Thursday, the warlord appointed governor by Karzai, Padsha Khan Zadran, had been repelled from the city by forces loyal to rival warlord Saifullah...
...given the troops he needs. And that may mean the new dawn for Afghanistan trumpeted by President Bush on Tuesday doesn't extend much beyond Kabul. Karzai's tour and the battle back home showed that while Afghanistan's interim leaders have inherited the trappings of statehood, they have not inherited its power...