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...last four years of his life, Salim, a popular teacher of religion at an Islamic school, never left Nablus. Colleagues on the National and Islamic Committee, a collection of Palestinian factions that organizes protest marches and rallies, say he was open to compromise. "He was flexible and tolerant," says Abdel Sattar Kassem, a professor at Nablus' an-Najah University and a friend of Salim's. But he never attempted to hide his beliefs; Salim told TIME that the peace process had failed to restore Palestinian rights and deserved to be overwhelmed by violence. "Islam is a very merciful religion...
...from the Gulf region and overthrow a royal family he denounced as corrupt apostates, he turned his fire increasingly against America. The World Trade Center bombers may have been motivated by similar concerns - and they may have been inspired by some of the same militant teachings of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman - but the two don't appear to have been directly linked...
Washington's mistakes are sometimes so basic that its rivals can't believe they're really mistakes, and instead react as if they're part of a master plan. That observation by former Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser may hold true for the Bush administration's China policy. Beijing reacted furiously Thursday to President Bush's vow to "do whatever it takes" - including weighing the use of force - to defend Taiwan in the event of a confrontation, warning that Washington was "heading down a dangerous road." And President Bush's own backpedaling on those comments by repeatedly emphasizing the continuity...
...Panelists included Esko Aho, prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995; Oscar Arias Sanchez, president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990; Malcolm Fraser, prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983; Jamil Mahuad, president of Ecuador from 1998 to 2000; and Abdel Salam Majali, prime minister of Jordan from 1993 to 1995 and again from...
...Rabin did before him, Arafat must discover a new way of dealing with the Israelis. Otherwise, he will never persuade them to give the Palestinians what they want. Many Palestinians believe their fortunes will improve only when Arafat's domination of their affairs ends. "Democracy is needed," says Haider Abdel Shafi, who headed the Palestinian team at the Madrid Peace Conference. "Arafat will never admit that he made a mistake. He will simply blame Israeli aggression...