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...failure of President Bush?s Middle East peace "roadmap" will likely be blamed on the actors: Mahmoud Abbas lacked the strength and the political will to stamp out Hamas; Yasser Arafat remained effectively in charge, undermining the efforts of Abbas so as to ensure his own continued relevance; Ariel Sharon didn?t take seriously the need for Israel to bolster Abbas and made only token gestures toward the "roadmap," and so on. But the fatal flaw in the "roadmap" lies not with the actors, but in the script itself. A look at how we go here, and what it will...
...perceptive commentary by Camp David veterans Robert Malley and Hussein Agha notes, none of the key participants - Ariel Sharon, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas - saw the "roadmap" as a path to a solution; they saw it instead as a tactical challenge, brought on by diplomatic pressures, in their ongoing struggle. Each had his own goals: Arafat?s and Sharon?s were mirror opposites; Abbas?s were different from both, but his negligible political standing made him a marginal figure except in the wishful thinking of President Bush. Abbas adopted the ?roadmap? and then equivocated on implementing it; Sharon artfully avoided...
...suicide bomber killed 20 people in the town, and Chechen guerrillas are known to move freely in the area. No one has claimed responsibility for the latest raid, but hard-line Islamist guerrillas are the main suspects. Other Stories: Chechnya in TIME Peace Roadblock ISRAEL Buoyed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's successful trip to the U.S., the Israeli government ordered the building of 22 homes in a settlement in the Gaza Strip, pushed through a law denying citizenship to Palestinians who marry Israelis and completed the first phase of a $1 billion security barrier that critics say will turn...
...what will come next. That's because discussions between the two sides have yielded little progress, and President Bush will be called upon to prescribe the next step to each when he meets Friday with Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, and then next week with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. The Israelis and Palestinians are not really negotiating with each other; each is negotiating with the Bush Administration...
...disappointed by the criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in "Sharon's Game". Throughout his Administration, Sharon has altered his beliefs about peace in the Middle East. By beginning to dismantle settlements, Sharon has been faithful to the road map laid out in the meeting with President George W. Bush and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, even when it has meant confronting opposition from some Israelis. Sharon was correct in labeling Abbas "a chick that hasn't grown its feathers." Bush ought to reconsider chastising Sharon for ordering attacks on Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi and other members...