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...initiatives to break the logjam will be reinforced by this week's conference in Egypt between senior Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian rabbis, imams and priests, which resulted in a joint declaration that condemned "killing innocents in the name of God" and committed the signatories "to throw their moral weight behind attempts to stop the violence." Participants included Israeli and Palestinian cabinet members, and the head of Islam's most prestigious university, Cairo's Al Azhar...
...some holders of VIP cards, issued by the Israelis to top Palestinian officials, used their ability to travel with few checks across the bridges from Jordan to smuggle arms, until Israel cracked down during the intifadeh. Tunnels dug 50 ft. below the sandy border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have also served as conduits for arms. Israeli troops found two such tunnels last week and destroyed them. Last May Israel intercepted a boat headed to the Gaza Strip and discovered a haul that included Strella shoulder-launched ground-to-air missiles--the Russian equivalent of the Stinger. In case...
...David without explaining Israel's demand to annex occupied territory where it has bulldozed Palestinian houses and brought in settlers. The placement of settlers in isolated communities in view of those whose land was taken is a prescription for unending conflict. Years ago Israel obtained a lasting peace with Egypt by returning all captured land and removing its settlers. It can hope to gain real peace only by leaving the occupied territories. When the rich take from the poor, the results are tragic for both. PAUL PALMBERG Miami...
...required some expertise. Another sign Reid had help is that the sporadically employed ex-con somehow managed to pay cash for plane tickets and hotel rooms during extensive travels throughout Europe and the Middle East. Finally, Reid's "losing" his passport after spending a summer visiting Turkey, Israel and Egypt is classic al-Qaeda strategy, allowing him to avoid the suspicion a traveler through terrorist hot spots might draw. Rather than being a lone wolf, Reid, the French official said, is precisely the kind of guy terrorist groups seek. "You don't find people that crazy on every corner." Reid...
...emerging in the region. The Jerusalem Post carried a commentary by leftwing parliamentarian Naomi Chazan on a recent Israeli-Palestinian sit-down in South Africa, in which both sides apprised themselves of the lessons of that country's near-miraculous negotiated peaceful transition away from minority rule. And in Egypt's official Al Ahram, commentator Hani Shukrallah offers a withering critique of an intifada hijacked by suicide bombers. "The Biblical Samson strikes a ridiculous, rather than heroic, figure," he writes. "Not to mention that our attempts to bring down the temple over the heads of our enemies as well...