Hollande, too, will have to make concessions.

But...Napoleon was prepared to make no concessions.

Can he make sufficient concessions on borders and Jerusalem?

Will Netanyahu abandon his ideological rhetoric, negotiate seriously with the Palestinians, and make the needed concessions?

In part, this reflects political hedging by the MILF in the face of Manila s incapacity to make meaningful concessions.

Here Hamas members are simply reiterating Arafat s views, which will continue to limit the concessions any new leader can make.

Neither of them are good negotiators and neither of them are prepared to make the kind of concessions that are necessary.

And we want the end of economic concessions.

The challenge for the world now is that China has become politically pluralistic no leader is strong enough to make wise unilateral concessions.

To resolve outstanding issues with Iran, the West should be dealing with the only person powerful enough to make deals and deliver concessions.

Calling for Israeli concessions is perfectly legitimate, even necessary.

They are determined to limit Hindu Tamil power in Sri Lankan affairs and encourage the country's leaders to make few concessions to Tamil autonomy.

Cynics may argue that the new member countries could afford to make such concessions because they would end up with hefty EU subsidies anyway.

But in the end, Israel will also have to make a choice, because peace will require Israeli concessions, not just compromises from the Palestinians.

Major economic and geopolitical concessions were offered to both suitors.

Then there are a variety of concessions, exemptions, and surcharges.

Weakened, the government became psychologically prepared for still greater concessions.

But the People s Republic s two most important leaders did agree in one area both bent over backwards to make territorial concessions to resolve border disputes.

On the other hand, Israel was rewarded twice by receiving US assurances of significant Palestinian concessions, and by being relieved from paying a price in return for these concessions.

The irony is that military superiority could weaken US leaders willingness to make the kinds of concessions, particularly with regard to security matters, that an equal partnership would require.

In addition, the world didn t reward Israel for making concessions and taking risks.

Mutual concessions can be crafted that ensure negligible political fallout for both leaders.

But, for Khamenei, nuclear concessions might also undermine his monopoly over domestic politics.

Any peaceful outcome to this conflict will require far sighted concessions and compromises.

The Joint Communique and concessions to the Buddhists were signed on 16 June.

MADRID The idea of integrating Israel into NATO has frequently been advanced as bait to encourage the Jewish state to make the necessary concessions for an Arab Israeli peace settlement.

Khomeini was so self confident, and his authority was so well consolidated, that he was not afraid to make concessions if he thought it necessary for the regime s well being.

Netanyahu s provocative policies and statements, which have undermined support for Israel among even its closest allies, would be supplanted by a willingness to negotiate in earnest and make genuine concessions.

So concessions that were deemed legitimate and acceptable may now become illegitimate and unacceptable.

But it is also true that if the US wants to improve relations with its neighbors to the south, America should make significant bilateral trade concessions to the Latin American countries.

The EU must promote democratic development in neighboring countries without expecting or demanding reciprocal concessions.

Making matters worse, concessions on either side appear to leave no impression on the other.

If concessions to Greece create a precedent that other countries might exploit, so be it.

To be fair, unilateralism is convenient not only for a reluctant Israeli prime minister who does not wish to make substantial compromises during negotiations it is also attractive to hard line Palestinians who regard multilateralism as a means of pressing them to make unpopular concessions.

By calling for Japanese restraint, the US stoked Japan s anxiety, without winning any concessions from China.

Releasing a few dozen Palestinian prisoners is no substitute for genuine concessions on these contentious issues.

Economic concessions authorized by the prime minister go beyond arable land to pristine forests of Cambodia.

Then, because the US refuses to take responsibility for its cumulative and per capita greenhouse gas emissions which are, respectively, roughly four and three times greater than China s the Chinese leadership refuses to make concessions.

The left offered big concessions and was ready to take high risks for the sake of peace.

Stalin presented the crop failure as a sign of Ukrainian national resistance, requiring firmness rather than concessions.

But they don t know when to slam the mental brakes by making concessions to other points of view.

Yet Hamas continues to reject territorial concessions, insisting that all of historic Palestine must be under Muslim jurisdiction.

Palestinian and Arab opinion is waiting for the US, as Israel s ally, to intervene and press for concessions.

Against this backdrop, it is easier to defend the status quo than to advocate accommodation involving territorial concessions.

Men make houses, women make homes.