"But without a political horizon," he said, "without some way to discuss, to resume negotiations, to give some hope, without someone to talk to and something to talk about, it will remain violence, terror, counterattack.
Unlike the Venezuelan claim, which has remained dormant, violence has flared up occasionally around the Guyana-administered New River Triangle.
Further, he said, if Palestinians remain and violence continues, "there is no reason to give civilian rights equal to those of Jewish citizens".
The sad truth, however, does remain: domestic violence is spreading across the globe.
"To the few individuals responsible for New York City's remaining gun violence, our message is clear: You will be found and you will be quickly prosecuted to the full extent of the law".
After controlling for record of other offences and prison, self-reported violence remained significantly associated with a record of violence (OR = 5.59, Z = 2.00, p < 0.05).
For some violence, owning guns and knives and a willingness to wield violence remained important.
Consequently, a culture of casual violence remained just that: casual.
But he insisted that the onus for curtailing violence remained on Yasir Arafat.
His comments came as some of the war's deadliest violence remained focused on the outskirts of Damascus.
