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...nations end their state of belligerency with Israel. He says, "Arafat and his ilk are the biggest supporters of the murderer in Baghdad. The time has come for the international community to distance itself from this terrorist organization." That process is already under way. Says Samuel Lewis, former U.S. ambassador to Israel: "The Administration has learned the need to deal with the Arab states at least in parallel with the Palestinians...
...pretended to come to free Kuwait, but instead it is bombing the Iraqi people," says Mohammed Kamal, a Jordanian senator and former ambassador to Washington. Even in Saudi Arabia, many citizens, disturbed by the ferocity of the air strikes on Iraq and widespread expectations of a drawn-out conflict, harbor doubts about the wisdom...
...Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz once boasted that "Israel is respected as an ally who is dependable, strong and who can win." In 1970, for instance, the U.S. asked Israel to mobilize troops to protect the Jordanian army from Syria. Israel readily compiled--even though it was officially at war with Jordan at the time. But the U.S. no longer needs Israel to "win" anything. When the Gulf War is over, America will rely on U.N. peacekeeping forces--not Israeli troops--to maintain stability in the Middle East...
...according to Ambassador Radio Service President Tom R. Cromwell, this blow is so severe that even the recent five to eight percent increase in the number of phone requests for cabs has not been enough to keep Cambridge drivers in the black...
...Yellow and Ambassador services owned by the Brattle Cab company, and the primarily Haitian Union Taxi company, for example, simply hook up drivers with passengers via radio for a monthly fee. Only Cambridge's Checkered Cab Company has charge of its own taxis, and even of those, about half belong to their drivers...