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...government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister and leader of the Likud party. When Israelis last voted in 2006, they chose the centrist Kadima party, which vowed to push for a U.S.-sponsored peace with the Palestinians, even if it meant sacrificing Jewish-held land in the West Bank. This time, with the rise of Hamas in Gaza, few Israelis have illusions about reaching a lasting peace...
...went down to the draft board and asked them if this was really serious," he recalls, "or if it was like an invitation." But it was an order, the first of many Mellinger would obey. He started his military career as a clerk in what was then called West Germany, and was looking forward hanging up his uniform after two years of service. "I was dead-set on getting out," he says. "We had a lot of racial problems, drug problems, leadership problems." But his company commander talked him into re-enlisting. The lure: the chance to join the Rangers...
...Abbas' top aides said Hamas was "110 per cent" to blame for the Gaza attack - an unpopular, if not suicidal, stance among Palestinians, whose ire was directed at Israel. Even as the civilian death toll climbed, Abbas delayed several days before criticizing the Israeli offensive. In the West Bank, which Abbas controls by dint of the presence of the Israeli army, his security forces cracked down brutally on fellow Palestinians protesting the Israeli offensive. Palestinians ask why Abbas did not go to Gaza during the fighting to show solidarity with its residents, or organize blood or food help for Gaza...
...opinion survey released Thursday by an independent Palestinian polling organization found that Hamas would beat Fatah if a new Palestinian Authority election were held today, and that Hamas acting premier Ismail Haniyeh is the leader most trusted in the West Bank and Gaza. And, as Abbas' own standing falls, so do his prospects of convincing Hamas and other Palestinians that peace may still be possible with the Israelis...
...would be forced to accept the mantle of responsibility. According to Tajzadeh, the pressure on him, "combined with the terrible situation of the country," has made Khatami feel a social obligation to run against Ahmadinejad. A victory by the reformist leader who promoted domestic liberalization and accommodation with the West on the international front would mark a profound political shift from Ahmadinejad, whose foreign policy has been based on an uncompromising defiance. But victory is far from certain, and that may be one reason Khatami has agreed...