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...side of that history. The result is a classic policy of appeasement: stand up to the American presumption of dictating democratic futures to Afghanistan and Iraq; ingratiate yourself with the Arab world. Thus, for example, precisely at a time when the U.S. and many Western countries are shunning Yasser Arafat for supporting terrorism and obstructing peace, Chirac sends his Foreign Minister to the ruins of Arafat's compound to shake Arafat's hand for world cameras...
...SAMPLER FROM MY LIFE: On his childhood, the Arafat-Rabin handshake and Monica...
Looking For Allies ISRAEL Two of the Middle East's oldest enemies, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, found a rare bit of common ground last week. It came when Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided not to indict Sharon and his son Gilad, despite prosecutors' recommendation that the Prime Minister should stand trial for allegedly accepting bribes from a real estate tycoon. That ruling opened the way for Sharon to expand his minority coalition to include, at least potentially, the dovish Labor Party. Sharon wants Labor onboard to help push his plan for a withdrawal...
...security forces. Sharon needed the break, having seen his right-wing government dissolve after he lost a vote among his Likud Party members in May over the withdrawal plan. With most Labor chiefs in favor of the Gaza withdrawal, party activists said they will likely join the government. Arafat has been stalling on reform. In a Cabinet meeting last week, he threw out one of his top security aides, Jibril Rajoub, who urged him to revamp the security forces. "Get out of here," Arafat yelled at Rajoub. If Labor does take its place in Sharon's government, Arafat aides...
...withdrawals from parts of the West Bank and Gaza, under Oslo, had been undertaken on the basis of painstakingly detailed security agreements reached with the Palestinian Authority. But Sharon's plan envisaged no such deal, partly because of his reluctance to resume negotiations with a body led by Yasser Arafat, and partly because there are good reasons to doubt whether the PA today has capability, much less the political will, to rein in those who would fire on Israelis. The leadership under Arafat is unlikely to see much to be gained in helping implement a plan designed explicitly to sideline...