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...Jordan, Egypt, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia--Cheney encountered blunt opposition to the idea of ousting Saddam Hussein by force. Before they would consider joining such a campaign, Arab leaders demanded, the U.S. would have to use its influence to restart the peace process, preferably by leaning on Israel's Ariel Sharon. After Cheney got an earful from so many presidents, kings and sultans, it's no wonder he spent the day Friday among less obstreperous friends aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. 'This is the highlight of my trip,' he told the cheering crew. No doubt...
These days it isn't just the Likud faithful who like Netanyahu's message. Israelis generally blame Palestinian leader Arafat for nearly 18 months of violence that has left 351 Israelis dead--as well as 1,195 Palestinians. At week's end, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, under U.S. pressure, seemed prepared to meet with high-level Palestinian representatives to discuss a possible cease-fire. Nonetheless, many Israelis still feel that Sharon has not delivered on his promise that he--and only he--could "bring security." One poll shows 73% are dissatisfied with Sharon's government; two right-wing ministers quit...
...only has the Palestinian leader managed to weather Ariel Sharon's three-month siege without fundamentally altering his own political conduct; he's also forced the Bush administration to substantially alter its own posture. While Vice President Cheney maintained the policy of keeping Arafat at arm's length during his visit to Jerusalem, Washington has offered a meeting with Cheney in Cairo next week as a carrot to induce the Palestinian leader to halt attacks on Israelis. That's a far cry from the White House's recent inclination to leave Arafat twisting in the wind...
...Creveld's solution? Get Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza, and build a wall to keep Palestinians out of Israel. That jibes with the thinking of Ariel Sharon's Labor Party coalition partners, who want to negotiate a political separation between Israel and a Palestinian state. But Sharon is caught between that option and the demands of his own political base for a military-political plan to destroy the Palestinian Authority...
...weeks Ariel Sharon launched a massive military offensive he hoped would pummel the Palestinians into submission. The tactic backfired: Not only did the assault fail to stop Palestinian attacks deep inside Israel, but the heavy Palestinian death toll also finally forced the U.S. to resume its stalled mediation efforts. That mediation prompted Israel's Monday retreat - Palestinians had insisted there was nothing to discuss while Israeli troops remained in Palestinian Authority territory...