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...Gaza. But Sharon has made abundantly clear that he's not interested in any near-term political settlement nor in any version of Palestinian statehood that would satisfy even the most moderate Arab and Palestinian leaders. The Israelis hope that a dossier of evidence purporting to prove Yasser Arafat's links to terrorism will convince Washington to support Sharon's refusal to negotiate with the Palestinians under his leadership. But that's unlikely, since the administration has already made clear that no matter how bad Arafat has been, he remains the only address for dialogue with the Palestinians. Still...
...Reveling in his newfound freedom, Yasser Arafat has allowed his imagination to run wild. The West Bank city of Jenin, he told journalists while surveying the ruins of Ramallah, would henceforth be known by Palestinians as "Jeningrad" (in reference to the epic World War II battle of Stalingrad in which more than 1 million people died). Perhaps he simply wanted to underscore that his sense of humor had survived the Israeli siege...
...Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan is reported to have played a major role in negotiating an end to the siege of Yasser Arafat. Now he's calling on his leader to make big changes in the way that the Palestinian Authority does business. And you hardly have to read between the lines to know that one of those changes is to put Dahlan, rather than his West Bank rival Jibril Rajoub, in charge of the Palestinian security forces...
...Tuesday that Washington's support for Israel's offensive in the West Bank has "shake(n) the people's faith in (the war on terrorism) and in its credibility in the Arab and Muslim worlds." He applauded President Bush for prevailing on Sharon to lift the siege on Yasser Arafat, but used that achievement to underscore his "can do better" tirade...
...Jenin the Price of an Arafat Deal? (April 29, 11am...