Word: reining
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...there may be more immediate reasons for shutting the U.S. out of the police work: With the Islamist opposition groups using the specter of increasing U.S. involvement in Yemen to scare up support, the last thing the government can afford to do is be seen to be giving free rein to U.S. investigators...
...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 to rein in the street...
...expect him to stop every terrorist attack, but they do expect him not to loosen the leash on the terrorists, which he has essentially done by releasing them from prison and encouraging them. But they do believe that this time, Arafat is showing more will to try and rein things in. If he's prepared to stop the shooting, that would go an awful long way. Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it. If Arafat can live with that himself, the Israelis are prepared to soften their own tone, which they...
...expect him to stop every terrorist attack, but they do expect him not to loosen the leash on the terrorists, which he has essentially done by releasing them from prison and encouraging them. But they do believe that this time, Arafat is showing more will to try and rein things in. If he's prepared to stop the shooting, that would go an awful long way. Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it. If Arafat can live with that himself, the Israelis are prepared to soften their own tone, which they...
...Arafat's political challenge may be even more formidable. Even if the Palestinian leader has now found the political will to rein in Palestinians confronting the Israelis with rocks and assault rifles, it's an open question whether he'll muster the necessary political authority. Never mind the Islamists who've always opposed the peace process and declared Thursday that they're not bound by any cease-fire; even the rank and file of Arafat's own Fatah organization now appears to favor struggle over negotiations as a means of dealing with the Israelis. The Jerusalem bombing highlights the fact...