The vote was held under US pressure, after the White House and Israel hammered out a diplomatic formula last week in which Washington agreed to take account of Israeli objections to the road map, among other things related to the fate of Jewish settlements, the timetable for implementation and the Palestinian leadership's obligations to curb "terrorism".
Among other things, the rules increased the amount of time defendants have to respond to lawsuits in Manhattan and the Bronx that accuse police officers of excessive force, false arrest or malicious prosecution, and provided for what its authors called "limited discovery" while establishing a strict timetable for settlement demands and mediation.
Instead of letting the same playbook run out, wouldn't it be something if we as citizens demanded a sane timetable for settlements while they could still make a difference to the Gulf families affected by the oil?
Under the original Oslo timetable, that final settlement was supposed to be complete by May 4 , 1999
Yet a negotiated settlement that includes a prompt timetable for a fresh election in exchange for some withdrawal by the protesters—seems the only way out.
The court-appointed monitor who has overseen the schools since 1986 is hoping to meet with the state and city this week to talk about a timetable for the settlement.
Mr. Sharon's publicly stated timetables put any settlement well in the future.
The Palestinian president has expressed hope that a Middle East conference in France will set a timetable to end settlements – as Israel pushed ahead with plans to build thousands of homes in contravention of a recent UN resolution.
Mr. Powell has championed involving the United Nations, the European Union and Russia to try to revive peace talks and lay out a timetable for reaching a settlement.
A top American military officer in Afghanistan on Wednesday suggested that with the arrests, the ISI could be trying to accelerate the timetable for a negotiated settlement between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
Bush administration officials said today that a conference on Middle East peace first planned for early summer now may be delayed until at least late summer, and that they had not even decided whether to propose a timetable for a final settlement.
