He refuses to abandon that ideal of co-existence, even though partition will be the price pragmatists pay for peace.

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Even before the U.N. approved the partition of Palestine, in 1947, David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the ultra-Orthodox would become secular over the generations, quieted their objections with old-school political deals.

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But even this tactic carries risks: it could well be interpreted by Mr Milosevic as endorsement for a new partition of Kosovo between Serbs and Albanians, an idea his associates have floated.

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