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...sanctions, Saddam can simply order a few air-defense batteries in densely populated areas to target allied planes and provoke retaliatory bombing, and sooner or later he'll get the sort of "collateral damage" images that make the U.S. and Britain look like the bad guys, even among their Arab allies. And that will further embolden others to begin breaking the sanctions regime, cheered on by France and Russia, who both have considerable commercial interest in bringing Iraq back on line. Because with Saddam's power probably even stronger a decade after he invaded Kuwait, it's becoming harder...
...Orthodox Jews, they are also an eloquent comment on the depth of tribal enmity among the citizens of the Jewish state. Iraqi-born Rabbi Yosef is also the spiritual leader of Israel's third largest party, Shas, an ultra-Orthodox party representing Sephardic Jews, who immigrated to Israel from Arab countries and suffered racist treatment at the hands of the Ashkenazi (of European origin) elite...
...Hollywood, David Lean used Guinness to hold up his epics, like the third leg of a tripod. As Colonel Nicholson in "Bridge on the River Kwai," the Arab prince Feisal in "Lawrence of Arabia," Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago in "Doctor Zhivago," there was the story, the place, and somewhere, Alec Guinness. The moment in "Kwai" when the maniacally correct Nicholson stumbles across William Holden - "You!" - and looks at the ground as bullets fly and disillusionment explodes all over Nicholson's face - could have won him his Best Actor all by itself. The movie, too big for the grimacing Holden to fill...
...prime minister Shimon Peres. That vote was as much a protest at the concessions Barak offered the Palestinians at Camp David as it was a reflection of widespread personal animosity toward Peres even within his own party, as well as of the backlash by Israel's Sephardic (immigrants from Arab countries) majority against the Ashkenazi (immigrants from Europe) elite that has traditionally run Barak's Labor party...
...later. The Palestinian leader can compromise on refugees, on territory, even on the parameters of statehood. But Arafat sees Jerusalem as his chance to transcend politics and enter the pantheon of great Islamic heroes, a coup that could wipe away the disdain so often heaped upon him by other Arab leaders...