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...ordinary Palestinians continue to deteriorate under Israeli blockade. Forcing him to overrule his own judiciary won't help with the home constituency, and yet holding Saadat in prison won't necessarily help Arafat achieve the resumption of political negotiations he desperately needs. That's because Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has made abundantly clear to U.S. emissaries this week that he has no intention of engaging in any kind of dialogue with the Palestinians as long as Arafat remains in charge...
...battles at Israeli checkpoints. A balloon with Yasser Arafat's face on it floats above the soldiers; a Palestinian ninja babe beats the enemy with her Yeoh-worthy maneuvers. With its smart humor, as dry as the Negev, this is a film that might raise a chuckle even from Ariel Sharon. Give irony a chance...
...Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, is trying desperately to get back in the game. While Ariel Sharon's siege may have failed to render the Palestinian leader "irrelevant," Arafat's newfound freedom may, ironically, have done the job. Arafat denounced the Petah Tikvah bombing, as he has done in response to a number of recent attacks inside Israel - PA leaders even refer to these attacks as "terrorist operations." But that has done nothing to stop a relentless stream of Palestinian youths from turning themselves into human bombs...
...Palestinian society and make a compromise peace deal more likely. But that outcome is far from guaranteed. A senior Palestinian official says that the regional peace conference the U.S. had hoped to stage in Turkey this summer "is dead" because of Syrian reluctance to sit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and limitations insisted on by Sharon. --By Matt Rees and Jamil Hamad/Ramallah
...I.R.A. Their election could help seal the organization's shift from violence into mainstream Irish politics. MIDDLE EAST Election Talk Under pressure from all sides to broaden political representation, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced plans to hold parliamentary and presidential elections within six months. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon demanded Palestinian reforms as a condition for future peace talks, but legislators within Arafat's Palestinian Authority had already drawn up proposals to replace his Cabinet within 45 days. Arafat's insistence, however, that elections depended on an Israeli withdrawal left Sharon with his own plan on the table: an "interim...