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Even the Israelis could not entirely dismiss the initiative, despite the fact that its terms are unacceptable to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. To the Times, Abdullah spoke of "full withdrawal from all occupied territories...including in Jerusalem." Israel insists on keeping parts of the territories, and Sharon rejects any Israeli pullback in Jerusalem. The Saudis might be more flexible on these points than Abdullah indicated; Saudi officials now say the kingdom would endorse any border compromises acceptable to the Palestinians and Syrians. In any event, Sharon invited Abdullah to explain his ideas in detail. He insisted that before Israel would...
President Bush's decision to send General Anthony Zinni back to the Middle East is good news for Yasser Arafat, bad news (with a silver lining) for Ariel Sharon and a portent of doom for Saddam Hussein. The move came at the end of the bloodiest week of a 17-month intifada that has so far claimed more than 1,000 Palestinian lives and some 300 Israelis. More than 100 people died just this week as each side sought to ratchet up military pressure to force the other to submit...
...hope. President George W. Bush and the State Department must be actively involved in these discussions. They must ensure that the plan does not devolve into an unreasonable ultimatum hoisted upon unwilling parties. And before anyone can move forward, all leaders in the Middle East-especially Yassir Arafat and Ariel Sharon—must do everything in their power to stop the spiral of violence that continues to engulf the region...
...were morbidly predictable, too. Neither side can afford to be seen submitting to violence committed by the other. And that creates a dynamic where escalation begets escalation, with both the tempo and the casualty count rising quickly. But the political and diplomatic tides that had so favored Israeli leader Ariel Sharon in the three months following Sept. 11 may now have begun to shift behind his adversaries...
Despite the Saudi olive branch, Abdullah was critical of Ariel Sharon. Responsibility for violence in the region, he said, "lies squarely with the person who gave the orders. You cannot break out of this cycle of violence when the Prime Minister of Israel orders planes to drop bombs and invade villages...