TITLE

Turn Swords Into Ballots

AUTHOR(S)
Zakaria, Fareed
PUB. DATE
June 2002
SOURCE
Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);6/17/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 24, p19
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reflects on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Impact of Israel's invasion of the West Bank, including the way it influenced Palestinians to embrace calls for political reform; Attitudes toward Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat; Outlook of Ariel Sharon on the possibility of a Palestinian democracy; Opinion that Palestinian democracy is a good idea but it needs to be in service of peace, not war.
ACCESSION #
6849557

Tags: ISRAEL -- Foreign relations;  DEMOCRACY;  ARAFAT, Yasir, 1929-2004;  INTERNATIONAL relations

 

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