Amid a sense of spiralling crisis in Israeli and the Occupied Territories - which has stemmed from the impression that both Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are rudderless amid the climbing violence - Abbas performed yet another policy U-turn, calling for new talks with Israel after having earlier appeared to back away from peace talks.
"If you're chatting in an informal environment, you're more likely to blurt out that you're tired because you just got back from a peace rally.
Flying back from Middle East peace talks in Egypt today, she said, "The important point now is for Kostunica to be recognized as president".
Richard C. Holbrooke, just back from an extended peace mission in Africa, called today for a sweeping overhaul of the United Nations peacekeeping operations and for more money from member nations to make the operations effective.
Now as the Clinton administration scrambles to bring the parties together for another Middle East summit meeting -- this one in Egypt on Monday -- the goal has been vastly scaled back, from a grand peace accord to a simple truce, and experts on the region and even some administration officials have begun to wonder aloud whether the Camp David summit may have been rushed.
"It's good in terms of national reconciliation, it's good in terms of conflict resolution, and while there are still elements here who don't engage in talks and stand back from embracing the peace process, I think it perhaps opens the door to them also".
As she told the Australian Women's Weekly in 1978: "When Neville Chamberlain came back from Munich and said 'Peace in our time' [sic], I began preparing for war".
The Lakers, meanwhile, who in an odd twist get Metta World Peace back from suspension, are probably still going to win this series, either in Game 6 or back at home for Game 7.
Part II deals with the culture as it may be observed during hostilities, including the transition into war and battle, the joy of fighting, the rules of war, and the transition from war back to peace.
They can hold societies back from turning the page toward peace.
