Word: processing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...late September with leaders of the Tanzim, the Palestinians' grassroots militias, and instructed them to prepare for possible confrontation. Maybe he thought a judicious application of violence could strengthen his negotiating hand with the Israelis. Or he wanted to restore his footing with Palestinians alienated by the deeply frustrating process of peace. Or he had given up hope of ever negotiating a settlement acceptable to his people and decided to let them express their profound dismay...
...warehouse. This time, my son Mohammed, terrified, trembling after the blast, asked me, "Is this the peace you're making for us?" He was weeping in my arms. His tears were much more devastating to me than the Israeli missiles. This is the main reason for the peace process, the future generations of Palestinians and Israelis. I don't want Mohammed to go through what I went through in 1967. I want him to have an alternative. My soul is searching for answers. I am so confused. I am so doubtful...
...possible that something could be concluded fairly rapidly if we can break this cycle. On the other hand, the opposite is also possible. But I think that all of us operate on the premise that it has to be possible. And to those people who think that the peace process doesn't work or is flawed or is the problem, I just think they're dead wrong...
What cease-fire? Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak announced an indefinite suspension of the peace process Friday after Israel's deadline for the latest cease-fire to take effect was greeted with the worst violence in two weeks. Nine Palestinians were killed and 67 were wounded in clashes throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Indeed, the AP reports that the most vicious clash began minutes after Israel's 4 p.m. deadline, when Palestinian militiamen fired on Israeli soldiers, and four Palestinians were killed and 20 wounded when the Israelis returned sustained fire rather than the single-shot bursts that...
...Barak had warned earlier that if the violence did not end, Israel would declare an indefinite time out in the peace process. But such a time out may already be a de facto reality, since the momentum of the current violence suggests that neither side can really afford to resume the "final-status" peace negotiations that broke down at Camp David. Even Yasser Arafat?s own supporters have shown little enthusiasm for the cease-fire he agreed to at Sharm el-Sheikh, and appear resolved - at least for now - to wage their campaign to end the Israeli occupation...