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Imposing order on the rival gunmen of Hamas and Fatah would have been a tall order for a leader far stronger than Palestinian Interior Minister Hani Kawasmeh. Kawasmeh, a career civil servant rather than a tough-guy commander of either of the two main Palestinian factions, was appointed to the position as a compromise candidate after Hamas and Fatah brokered their unity government in Mecca earlier this year. And it came as no surprise when he announced his resignation on Monday, amid a fierce resurgence of fighting between the two camps that has claimed at least eight lives since Sunday...
...Hamas has its own hard-liners, who have plenty to gain from the collapse of the unity government. One of the main reasons for sharing power with Fatah - to circumvent the U.S.-led financial siege of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority - has turned out to be moot. The U.S. and the EU continue to refuse to give direct aid to any Palestinian government with Hamas in it, despite the unity government. A narrower Hamas government would also be in a better position to prevent the already fragile Arab League initiative offering Israel a comprehensive peace agreement in exchange...
...stark contrast, Act II provides very little story; its main purpose is the exhibition of pure dance without much in the way of theatrics...
...with the difference between the 20- and 50-year-old selves, Bennett lowered a stage-wide mirror that caught both the middle-aged actresses on stage and the middle-aged audience, staring at the women and sharing their discomfort. In the second act, the animosities festering in the two main couples explodes into rancorous fantasy in the faux-Ziegfeld "Loveland" section, and Bennett gave Sondheim's comic-poignant torch songs and novelty numbers a splendor that both mocked and deepened the characters' self-pity or numbness...
...Waheed Din in Houston With 70% of our population under the age of 30, creating opportunities for our youth is one of most pressing challenges, and is the overriding motivation of everything that we do. Because the youth are the catalysts for real change. For that reason, our main priority is innovation and education. We are focused on achieving excellence and pushing the boundaries of education, and giving our young children not only the skills to know what to think, but how to think...