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More understandable, though no less disturbing, is the Staff’s position that Israel was right to reject a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate the recent fighting in Jenin. The Staff says that the U.N. is biased against Israel. And to a very limited extent, the Staff is right; many of the countries in the U.N. certainly see Israel as the aggressor, rather than the victim, in the Palestinian conflict—though it is far from certain that this perspective would prevent any investigative mission from honestly evaluating the facts. In a conflict riddled with misunderstanding...
...state political settlement in the near future. While Sharon may have reluctantly, and sometimes ambiguously acceded to pressure from Bush on specific demands, he has repeatedly emphasized his rejection of withdrawal to 1967 borders or the removal of settlements. Pressure from his own political base will likely limit the extent to which he can be drawn into a bold search for a solution compatible with Taba and the Arab League's peace plan. And Sharon may be calculating that pressure from Capitol Hill will moderate the demands the U.S. president is able to put on Israel...
...have to wait a while longer. While Congress as a whole approves of guaranteeing the same insurance coverage to mental health patients as to patients with physical ailments, and approved a limited version of a parity law in 1996, there is considerable disagreement over the extent to which that parity will be extended. Should everything from insomnia or moodiness be covered, as the Senate insists? Or will coverage be limited, as it has in the past, to major mental health problems, like severe depression or schizophrenia? House Republicans are wary of creating truly comprehensive parity, fearing resulting insurance costs will...
There's more. To an extent that few Americans understand, modern Europeans have a deep sense of guilt about their colonial adventures. (Indeed, they have much to feel guilty about.) Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, a chilling catalog of French atrocities in Algeria and a cry to listen to those denied a voice, is one of the post-1945 era's most influential European books. All this has had an effect. It was easy for Europeans to be on the side of Israel when, as in 1967 and 1973, it seemed to be fighting a defensive...
...reported another employee to the D.A. for unspecified offenses. Sources tell TIME that at least one FEMA interpreter is under investigation. FEMA spokesman John Czwartacki confirms that the agency has referred fraud cases to the D.A. but would not comment on whether FEMA employees were involved. The extent and variety of the schemes FEMA has seen, Czwartacki says, "boggles the mind." --By Rebecca Winters. Reported by Victoria Balfour