But the suicide bombings, which have made the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities as dangerous as far-flung settlements, have given new cogency to the settlers' argument.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

In this, as in all his work, he brought to an argument the cogency of the rationally convinced with the wisdom of one who could see the other side.

ECONOMIST: Ludovic Kennedy

But Hamas says, with some cogency, that it has been illegal for Mr Abbas to retain his post as the PA's president since January this year, when his four-year term should have run out.

ECONOMIST: The Palestinians look both divided and leaderless

The dispatcher, having started out as a klutz so ordinary that he wears a tie and a sleeveless sweater, morphs into an action hero, which is just one of a cluster of wild implausibilities that crowd out the cogency of the film.

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