Hide and Seek;and Seek

whereupon the Israeli electorate voted in Likud’s Ariel Sharon in a landslide.

In Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein-IRA agreed to end violence in return for the establishment of all-Ireland institutions, entry into a devolved power-sharing Northern Ireland government, and various other reforms including the release of convicted terrorists. All of the promised reforms have been delivered by the British and Unionist side. Sinn Fein meanwhile has maintained a cease-fire against the British Army and the Protestant community, but has conducted a brutal campaign of repressive violence, including murder and maiming, against dissident Catholics and petty criminals. Above all, the IRA has steadfastly refused to disarm completely or to declare that its war for a united Ireland is over. Alone among the political parties in Northern Ireland, it maintains an armory of weapons.

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whereupon the Israeli electorate voted in Likud’s Ariel Sharon in a landslide.

In Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein-IRA agreed to end violence in return for the establishment of all-Ireland institutions, entry into a devolved power-sharing Northern Ireland government, and various other reforms including the release of convicted terrorists. All of the promised reforms have been delivered by the British and Unionist side. Sinn Fein meanwhile has maintained a cease-fire against the British Army and the Protestant community, but has conducted a brutal campaign of repressive violence, including murder and maiming, against dissident Catholics and petty criminals. Above all, the IRA has steadfastly refused to disarm completely or to declare that its war for a united Ireland is over. Alone among the political parties in Northern Ireland, it maintains an armory of weapons.