EDITORIAL ROAD TO PEACE GAZA MUST BE THE FIRST BIG STEP IN RESOLVING THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT.AS soldiers moved into Gaza's Jewish settlements Wednesday to physically remove resisters to Israel's pullout pull·out n. 1. A withdrawal, especially of troops. 2. Change from a dive to level flight. Used of an aircraft. 3. An object designed to be pulled out. Noun 1. from the troubled zone, the world was watching. As families pleaded with soldiers not to evict them from their homes and communities of 38 years and as despair and anger drove some to torch or bulldoze bull·doze v. bull·dozed, bull·doz·ing, bull·dozes v.tr. 1. To clear, dig up, or move with a bulldozer. 2. To treat in an abusive manner; bully. 3. their homes and throw eggs and rocks, the world was watching. Although this tiny country is half a world away from many, the prospect of peace between Israelis and Palestinians could have very real effects on the entire globe. And despite years of peace talks and accords, this unequivocal disengagement disengagement /dis·en·gage·ment/ (dis?en-gaj´ment) emergence of the fetus from the vaginal canal. dis·en·gage·ment n. of the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. is the first sign to the world that it might actually happen. That's important to the lives of people from the United States to Malaysia, because nothing will diffuse the roiling tension in the Islamic world faster than peace between Palestinians and Israelis. It's now up to Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to make sure extremists on either side don't derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. the fragile beginnings of peace. |
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