Word: closely
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Arafat. But the Israelis called first, with word that Barak would be available the next morning. So Heisler and his crew lugged their gear across the border for the photo session--and barely got back to Gaza in time for a call saying that Arafat was ready for his close-up. They quickly hustled over to Arafat's stronghold, setting up an elegantly lighted portrait to match the one Heisler had shot of Barak just hours earlier...
...have a nagging perception that if things don't get done on time, all hell will break loose. On election night, we've been trained to expect the networks to call states the instant the polls close. We want results - and we want them now. And then, suddenly, there was no result on election night. There was no result the next day. There was no result for three dozen days...
...unhappiness over Barak's performance in the peace process. But given a stark choice between Sharon, an arch-hawk nicknamed "The Bulldozer," and Barak, skeptical doves will probably follow Meretz's lead and back the prime minister. Despite Sharon's substantial lead in the polls, the election remains too close to call: Many of the smaller parties have no direct stake in an election exclusively for the post of prime minister, and even if their supporters answer pollsters' questions, they may not actually make it to the polls on election day. But after harsh police action against Israeli-Arabs protesting...
...These are the most hopeful developments in years, and I think they're occurring because of how close the two sides came to another war last year over Pakistan's Kargil incursion. There seems to be a realization now that both sides will lose badly if there is another war. And of course the fact that both sides now have nuclear weapons creates an added anxiety. There's a better understanding by the leadership in both India and Pakistan that something has to be done to reduce Kashmir's potential to be flash point that ignites conflict between...
...West Bank settlements in the "final status" issues that remain to be resolved between Israel and the Palestinians, and it's also a key element of Israel's reluctance to surrender all of the Golan Heights in order to get a peace agreement with Syria. Syria has come close to hostilities with Turkey, too, over the latter country's plan to build a dam that may restrict Syria's water supply. And similar conflicts are likely to expand...