Elsner suggested that Netanyahu had abandoned any pretense of being willing to halt settlement construction ever since talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority faltered.
If the Palestinian Authority falters, Hamas will fill the vacuum, they said, adding that the only way forward is direct negotiation.
Rockets are still flying out of Gaza despite the tenous cease fire, and Hamas is stronger, not weaker, among West Bank Palestinians leaving Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party and the Palestinian Authority faltering.
Here and there, though, authority had faltered, and by an unaccountable oversight there were oases of beauty — oases that made the desecration of the greater part of the road the more unbearable.
But Federer dug deep to re-establish his authority as Schalken faltered again - and it was all over in 98 minutes.
As residential condominiums, office towers and other private sector projects have faltered, the authority has swooped in to take advantage of lower construction costs, amenable landlords and available land to pursue an aggressive expansion.
In recent years, he said, markets faltered when the authorities talked about ending those policies and the central bankers had then backtracked.
Karachi's ambitions have also been thwarted by the faltering authority of the local or federal governments, which have failed to enforce the most basic workplace standards.
However, the defiance of both groups is the latest evidence of the depth of division in the Conservative Party and of the prime minister's faltering authority.
In a striking sign of the retired general's faltering authority, lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, who has been under house arrest for over three months, welcomed the media to his home.
