Word: processing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...such an important time in this nation's history, we urge the American people to abandon the apathy that has been increasing for years. Instead of leaving the destiny of the country in the hands of others, take an active role in the process yourselves. Voting is your civic obligation, but it goes far beyond that. There is a great deal at stake in this election...
...Palestinian official on Monday added the demand that the European Union and the United Nations join the U.S. in mediating future peace talks. Those calls reflect a growing sense that while they're exploring ways of restoring dialogue, the Palestinians may be reluctant to simply pick up the negotiation process where it left off at Camp David. And the Israelis may share that reluctance, if for their own reasons...
...constant vulnerability to being thrown out in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. And even if they're prepared to allow his government a period of grace amid the current turmoil, the violence of the past six weeks has reduced the Israeli public's confidence in the peace process to an all-time low. On the Palestinian side, overwhelming public skepticism toward the peace process has given way to increasingly open defiance of Arafat's efforts to restore calm. Even local leaders of his own Fatah organization have called for an escalation of the confrontation with Israel despite Arafat's attempts...
...Barak chose Peres because Peres has a relationship with Arafat, and because he has played a little role in the peace process under Barak, his relationship with the Palestinian leader hasn't been as strained by recent events as Barak's has. Peres was able to give Arafat a big dose of empathy, which he seldom gets from Israeli leaders. Peres told us today that he had tried to put himself in Arafat's shoes and understand the problem from his side." What does Peres see as the steps that will follow if the cease-fire holds...
...Peres is not enormously hopeful about the prospects for reviving the peace process. You'd describe his mood as somber to say the least. He said the path ahead has great many mines, and there's clearly a major minesweeping operation required...