Word: truce
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...smart money says that Israel and the Palestinians will be unable to sustain their current tenuous cease-fire. The reason? The truce arose out of tactical necessity for both sides, rather than being driven by a strategic vision. Israel's gains on the international diplomatic front by holding back from retaliating following the Tel Aviv disco bombing three weeks ago far outweigh any gains it would have derived from launching new air strikes. And for Yasser Arafat, the alternative to declaring a cease-fire was to be cut off from Western financial and diplomatic support and having his administration destroyed...
...while stationed in Baghdad during the civil war, Kane remembers what he still thinks of as his closest call. During a truce, Kane went with a friend to buy bread and determine the situation outside the American Embassy. Kane heard a shrill police whistle and was convinced he was about to get shot. He turned to find a young child playing with a police whistle...
...LANKA Peace Talks Norwegian-led efforts to secure a truce between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were complicated by a bomb attack on a rebel leader and demands by a leading Muslim party for a role in the peace process. Envoy Erik Solheim held talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and met Tamil leaders in rebel-held territory, but discussions ended without a breakthrough. Both sides agreed to continue deliberations to end the 18-year conflict...
...Fierce fighting throughout the West Bank and Gaza on Friday and for most of the past week underscored the fact that, almost eight months into the current uprising, the two sides appear further than ever from reaching a truce, much less from concluding any sort of political agreements. Palestinian militants continue to fire mortars and rifles at Israeli positions and settlements, and Israel this week intercepted a shipment of weapons bound for Gaza from Lebanon, which included Katyusha rockets and surface-to-air missiles, and told the Israeli media they believe at least two such shipments got through before this...
Aristide recognizes that that kind of bloody vengeance doesn't look modern at all, and he has called for a fast truce, trying to pull the more extreme members of his party back into line. He's blessed by the fact that the Convergence has scant popular support--and that most Haitians are still betting on "Titid," as they call Aristide. But if he doesn't deliver, Haiti's weary may decide they too cannot love Titid...