Word: aviv
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...Matt Rees: It depends on what street you?re walking on. In Bethlehem people are extremely angry and not particularly frightened by the build up of Israeli troops close to that town. In Jerusalem or Tel Aviv it hasn?t changed all that much - there is a step up in the feeling of insecurity among Israelis, but that tends to get increased much more by a large suicide attack rather than violence in the West Bank...
...course! The Marines would be moving around and they'd be landing on the beaches of Tel Aviv. We have holy places - who's interested in holy places? It doesn't interest the American administration...
...Matt Rees (Jerusalem): Sharon is trying to convey a sense that he's more at his wit's end with Arafat than he really is. And that's because he realizes that he's in a difficult position. After the Tel Aviv disco bombing, Arafat was hours away from suffering a very serious Israeli strike, and he wanted the cease-fire at that point to avoid retaliation. Three weeks later, he doesn't need the cease-fire as much. He's popular at home, and doesn't have to deal with an opposition as long as his interests...
...Palestinians will be unable to sustain their current tenuous cease-fire. The reason? The truce arose out of tactical necessity for both sides, rather than being driven by a strategic vision. Israel's gains on the international diplomatic front by holding back from retaliating following the Tel Aviv disco bombing three weeks ago far outweigh any gains it would have derived from launching new air strikes. And for Yasser Arafat, the alternative to declaring a cease-fire was to be cut off from Western financial and diplomatic support and having his administration destroyed by the Israeli military...
...enthusiastic about the plan, but on the whole we can work and move forward," Sharon told an audience of Israeli businessmen Tuesday. Having risen in Western public opinion because of Israel's restraint following the suicide bomb in a Tel Aviv disco 11 days ago, the Israeli leader was content to feel pressure from his right flank in order to retain the diplomatic high ground. And having blundered, initially, Arafat added his approval in order to stay in the game...