Word: intifada
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...Lessons of the last intifada...
...Sharon, too, has to contend with quiet but insistent diplomatic pressure. More importantly, he needs to deliver on his promise to restore Israel's security. And though Israeli public opinion has been solidly behind his ever-stronger military measures, those steps have yet to prove capable of ending the intifada. Instead, almost a year into the uprising, the Israeli military is warning that the intifada is likely to continue for at least the next five years. And as much as Israeli voters are behind the Sharon right now, they're unlikely to accept being locked into the current violent stalemate...
...that their continued conflict threatened to unleash extremist forces that posed an imminent threat to U.S. allies and interests throughout the region. El Baz's warning found ironic echo in an internal strategic assessment by Israel's army, which was reported last week to have concluded that the current intifada would last for at least the next five years, and that it carries plenty of potential for plunging Israel into a wider regional...
...find their own way back to the Tenet cease-fire, pressure on Washington to take a more forceful role may begin to grow as the daily escalation of violence makes each side's path back to the cease-fire all the more treacherous. Since the outbreak of the current intifada, both sides have couched the terms of their confrontations in terms of existing political agreements and cease-fires, even as those appeared to have diminishing relevance to the daily clashes. The idea that Arafat would round up terror suspects on his side of the line while the Israelis would keep...
...current Israeli-Palestinian conflict precludes such support, almost by definition. No wonder, then, that Saddam makes a point of sending thousands of dollars to the family of every Palestinian slain in confrontations with the Israelis. Because the Iraqi leader may well have been the biggest beneficiary of the intifada...