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...access to their offices, and we are very concerned by reports of increasing harassment of secretaries and other support staff working within the building—Harvard workers in whose interest PSLM has campaigned. Such harassment is more likely to harden the administration’s resolve than to weaken it; indeed, the central administration has continued its refusal to negotiate while the protesters are still within the building...
...opportunity through which Rabin had moved in a bid to transform Israel's long-term relationship with its neighbors is closing fast, Sharon's reading of the long-term regional dynamic may be dangerously flawed, too. There's no question that economic and demographic factors look set to dramatically weaken the Arab regimes around Israel, but where Sharon sees this as improving the prospects for peace, others are more inclined to see it as raising the danger of war as the pressure of domestic social collapse prompts Arab regimes to deflect popular anger toward the old enemy next door...
...Authorizing the Aegis sale right now, though, carries great danger. Not only does it challenge Beijing to come up with a strong response, but more important, could severely weaken the hand of the moderates in Beijing who seek a good relationship with the West. President Jiang and his moderate allies eventually prevailed over their hard-line critics in the Hainan standoff, but their weakness was revealed along the way. And if the U.S. goes ahead with the Aegis sale, that will be taken in Beijing as proof of the failure of President Jiang's line, which could tilt the delicate...
...First of all, 4.3 percent is still remarkably low, especially nine months after the economy started to weaken. Even if we look ahead and imagine that unemployment is going to creep up to 5, 5.5 percent, that would still be the lowest level in any recession in modern history. With all these layoffs, we still have more than 95 percent of the labor force working...
...face of an increasingly violent impasse, the Palestinian leader may see a further depletion of his waning control over events. And, of course, Sharon must be hoping for a quick response to the Israeli escalation, because the fallout from air strikes and shelling in Palestinian areas is likely to weaken Israel's diplomatic position and increase pressure on the U.S. from moderate Arab regimes to urge Israeli restraint...