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...assassination of Rehavam Zeevi couldn't have come at a worse moment - for Ariel Sharon, for Yasser Arafat, and for President George Bush. The radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Wednesday it had killed the right-wing defector from Ariel Sharon's cabinet to avenge the assassination of its own leader by Israel earlier this year. But the timing revealed a deeper agenda...
...Zeevi, the former tourism minister and head of a small party to the right of Sharon's own Likud, had resigned from the cabinet only two days earlier to protest Israel's withdrawal of troops from a Palestinian-controlled section of Hebron. His decision had signaled a looming political crisis for Sharon, who has come under intense international pressure to resume long-term peace talks with the Palestinians since the U.S. began forging its anti-terrorism coalition a month ago. Still, the day before the assassination Sharon told an interviewer he would accept a Palestinian state if Israel's security...
...following the assassination, Sharon warned ominously, "what was before will never be again... Today we are facing a completely different situation." He blamed Yasser Arafat, and vowed to "wage war without mercy on the terrorists" as he convened his security cabinet to discuss a response. The killing will exacerbate pressure on Sharon from the right, forcing him to respond harshly and casting doubt over further relaxation of security measures against the Palestinians in line with efforts to renew negotiations...
...Some people had seen a positive sign in the resignations from the cabinet of Zeevi and another right-winger, Avigdor Lieberman - they believed that would give Peres and other more dovish elements greater sway over Sharon. But the assassination of Zeevi may change everything. This may be a defining moment in the intifada. What Israel chooses to do in response to the assassination is both going to set the tone for the immediate future of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and will potentially also have a big impact on the so-called anti-terror coalition being built by the Bush administration...
Cheney retains his influence by holding his tongue. In most larger meetings--of the Cabinet, say, or with congressional leaders--he sits silently at the President's side, rationing his words for maximum impact. "The smaller the meeting, the more he says," says Hughes. Cheney puts it another way: "I save my advice for the President." Cheney has been working hard to help Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell weave together a global alliance against terrorism. His past experience is paying dividends. Last week he spoke with Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar, an old friend from...