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Israel calls its latest siege of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound "Operation Matter of Time," but for Washington it was a matter of bad timing. The return of Israeli tanks and bulldozers to the compound, and a West Bank-wide clampdown, appears to have earned the Palestinian leader a temporary reprieve from the mounting challenge to his diktat within his own Fatah organization. Of even more immediate concern to the Bush administration was the return of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis to the top of the agenda of Arab governments and of the UN Security Council - at a moment when Washington...
...peace. In the first incident, a man killed himself and a policeman near the northern town of Umm al-Fahm. The next day a man exploded his payload on a Tel Aviv bus, killing six people and wounding more than 50. Hours later, Israeli troops blasted Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters. The army destroyed nearly every building in the sprawling compound in an effort to smoke out about 20 wanted militants who are holed up inside with Arafat and his aides. Curfews were tightened in Ramallah and other West Bank towns. MEANWHILE Curse Of The Mummy What lies...
...such disasters since 1988. Jacques Thorette, a drainage expert, said: "Everywhere in France, we have paved rural roads; we have built car parks around supermarkets without worrying where the water would go." MIDDLE EAST No Confidence At a meeting of the Palestinian Legislative Council, the entire cabinet of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority submitted its resignation when it became apparent that the majority of council representatives would support a vote of no confidence in the cabinet. The resignation was seen as a severe blow to Arafat, who must now submit to the council names for a new cabinet by Sept...
...comes with some nifty fringe benefits. Bush's conservative flank finds it deeply appealing; the current crop of Democratic leaders are rendered virtually speechless by it. But moral certainty "without trying to nuance," as Bush put it, is a dangerous luxury for a President. If you operate as though Arafat is a terrorist and Israel a victim, you isolate the U.S. from moderate Arab states, who see their region in shades of gray. That could limit your options--and your allies--after you have told everyone that Saddam Hussein can no longer be contained and that you need to take...
Hunt said that his 46-year long Harvard career has made for some memorable moments. His position has brought him in contact with the likes of Vaclav Havel, Jiang Zemin, Yasser Arafat, as well as Mandela and Kohl...