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...deal based on the 1967 borders. Sharon, however, developed his own version that cut the Palestinians out the equation altogether, and envisaged the Gaza withdrawal as an alternative to proceeding with the U.S.-backed "roadmap" toward a comprehensive settlement. Sharon has insisted that the Palestinian Authority, led by Yasser Arafat, is not an acceptable interlocutor, and therefore that there is no Palestinian partner with whom Israel can negotiate agreements - a position to which has been partially endorsed by the Bush administration...
...said that Israel has made several attempts at peace, including a 2001 offer of Palestinian statehood. But he blamed Palestinian National Authority President Yasir Arafat for turning down this offer...
Dershowitz placed most of the blame on the Palestinian leadership, calling Yasir Arafat “the worst leader a people could possibly have...
...told him, 'In our first meeting three years ago I accepted your request not to physically harm Arafat ... [That] commitment does not stand anymore.'" ARIEL SHARON, Israeli Prime Minister, recounting what he told President Bush at their recent meeting in Washington regarding an earlier pledge not to harm Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat...
...fear that such attacks would anger supporters in the gulf who bankroll Hamas clinics and youth clubs but don't want to be seen as backing attacks on the U.S. Hamas sources tell TIME that some local leaders are threatening to join with malcontents from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction to form splinter terrorist cells that could go after U.S. targets. As the top power in Hamas, Meshaal will have to decide how to deal with the hotheads. --By Matt Rees and Jamil Hamad