He came to office convinced that tackling Iran was a bigger priority than peacemaking with Palestinians.
But if cool heads prevail, peacemaking metaphors could yet become as pervasive as today's bellicose ones.
Many think of mediation as a thing to use for labor disputes or international peacemaking.
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With contrition such as this on the Israeli side, why did Mr Clinton's peacemaking fail?
In practice, such linkage could spell the end of peacemaking for the foreseeable future.
The Palestinians seem to have reckoned that Mr Netanyahu has exhausted his peacemaking potential.
Sharon sent Arafat the letter Thursday night, saying he hoped for "personal contacts" to renew peacemaking.
The French will provide most of the troops for a 1, 400-strong peacemaking force with a weak mandate.
The most virtuous course would be an even-handed act of peacemaking by a multi-African force probably led by Mr Kabila.
To some extent she has taken the role by default, as America has stepped back from peacemaking.
It operates mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and works across health, education, agriculture, peacemaking, emergencies, economic empowerment and the environment.
Just last month, ASEAN and the UN held a workshop together in Jakarta on conflict prevention, peacemaking and peacebuilding.
Doing so is not, after all, compulsory nor always wise, since the reaction to peacemaking that fails can be violent.
They have seen a 60% average reduction in incidents of violence, and a 70-80% increase in instances of peacemaking.
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As the island-province's economic czar, he has dabbled (so far unsuccessfully) in peacemaking.
Mr Meshal also points to a split in the peacemaking Quartet of the EU, Russia, the UN and the United States.
And it seems to me that this is essentially a peacemaking force.
Between his two assignments in Afghanistan, he was as undersecretary-general for special assignments in support of the secretary-general's preventive and peacemaking efforts.
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development is the forum for peacemaking in Sudan, and is so far doing its work through diplomacy alone.
Eric Dawson and Peace First are building change-makers by teaching children to be peacemakers and adults to value and teach peacemaking.
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International conditions also ensure that Rice's peacemaking will fail to make peace.
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The starkest failure was peacemaking in Palestine, which Mr Obama made a priority but where American peacemaking had in effect collapsed by 2011.
This time it just means that any further peacemaking by Israel will be linked to action by the Palestinian Authority to crush terrorism.
Ms Livni's assertion that Mr Netanyahu was unenthusiastic about peacemaking echoed sentiments addressed to Israelis on October 28th by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
The Clinton administration's addiction to pressuring Israel to accept Arab aggression under the guise of peacemaking led to unprecedented meddling in Israel's internal politics.
The apparent success with which they have monitored and infiltrated Palestinians in the West Bank has created an attitude of condescension that inhibits peacemaking.
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It may be no coincidence that some of the most promising peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians took place soon after the cold war ended.
The United States and the international community must stand by Palestinians who are committed to cracking down on terror and carrying the burden of peacemaking.
It is presidents who make the final decisions on Arab-Israeli peacemaking.
Mr Tyler, a respected American journalist, sets out to document Israeli intransigence about peacemaking all the way back to the earliest days of the Jewish state.
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