Mr. Sharon says that Israel needs to draw more secure boundaries, and that if it does not act now, it risks an eventual, internationally imposed solution to the conflict that will deprive it of more territory.
Re "A 'Kagan Doctrine' on Gay Marriage," by Jonathan Rauch (Op-Ed, July 3): On the surface, Mr. Rauch's argument has appeal: why not let the political process solve political controversies, like the question of gay marriage, rather than look to the courts to impose solutions?
So rather than wait for American mediators or Arab states to impose solutions on them, the Palestinians themselves should begin to tackle the diabolically difficult issues inherent in the resolution of their political and economic future.
Most important is the need to lead from behind: external agents are not in a position to impose solutions or dictate behaviour and should not act as if they were.
Despite the criticism, the Bush plan is a significant change in an initial reluctance to impose solutions.
She is broadly in the position of Britain around 1900, still the most powerful single nation, but no longer able to impose solutions.
Since then, American and European officials have repeatedly insisted that they do not intend to impose solutions; any changes must come from within the nations involved.
But he said he would not try to impose solutions on the state and its many water districts, even though much of California's available surface water is controlled by the Bureau of Reclamation, an Interior Department agency.
If the company stuck with it, the counsellor had no power to impose solutions, damages or sanctions onto the company.
You can't impose solutions from other sectors – academics are quite different and there's no 'one size fits all'".
