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...Violence flared again as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon returned to Israel following talks in Washington with U.S. President George W. Bush. A fact-finding mission led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell began its visit to the region, holding discussions with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. The committee, created last October, is seeking ways of reducing Israeli-Palestinian violence, which has now cost more than 400 lives. But Bush said the U.S would not "force peace," and the cia would no longer act as a broker in the region...
...Palestinian state if no accord is reached by Sept. 13, but so far Israeli and Palestinian streets have been calm. Though the summit collapsed, it did force the two sides to negotiate on once taboo subjects, such as who owns the holy city. Says Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi: "Files are now open that were hitherto closed." But it will take more courage still for peace...
...official delegation have been holding forth on the acceptablity of compromises that may or may not have been offered. Call them roving freelance international pundits who can't get on "Charlie Rose." Earlier in the week, an Israeli cabinet member, Michael Melchior, was giving interviews in Thurmont, and Hanan Ashrawi, a well-known Palestinian figure, was giving press conferences back in Washington. But the White House drew the line when Limor Livnat, a member of the Likud party, which opposes Barak, showed up to lobby reporters in the press center and complain about what she thought Barak was doing...
...thing to boo and hiss, as many legislators did, when Palestinian Authority Chairman YASSER ARAFAT acceded to demands by reform-minded members of the Legislative Council and presented a so-called new Cabinet last week. But Minister HANAN MIKHAIL-ASHRAWI, prominent spokeswoman for the Palestinian cause, made her protest sting by loudly quitting the Cabinet. Disgusted at Arafat's failure to remove three of her colleagues accused of corruption last year, Mikhail-Ashrawi, a former literature professor, was also offended that Arafat did not consult her before switching her from the Ministry of Higher Education to the Tourism portfolio...
...thing to boo and hiss, as many legislators did, when Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat acceded to demands by reform-minded members of the Legislative Council and presented a so-called new Cabinet last week. But Minister Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi, prominent spokeswoman for the Palestinian cause, made her protest sting by loudly quitting the Cabinet. Disgusted at Arafat?s failure to remove three of her colleagues accused of corruption last year, Mikhail-Ashrawi, a former literature professor, was also offended that Arafat did not consult her before switching her from the Ministry of Higher Education to the Tourism portfolio...