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...time for America’s Mideast policy to recognize that no political process can end the murderous machinations of the extremist segment within the Arab world that seeks Israel’s destruction. Israel can cut a deal with moderates who respect its right to exist, but Palestinian terrorists will never accept compromise. Witness the bone-chilling words of Mahmoud al-Zahar, a Hamas leader, as quoted in the New York Times: “From our ideological point of view, it is not allowed to recognize that Israel controls one square meter of historic Palestine...
...More worrisome is the possibility that Musharraf, with no nationwide political organization to back him, may cozy up to the extremist Islamic groups he's been trying to restrain. He'll win the referendum of his choosing, but if doing so emboldens the forces of Islamic extremism, that victory could end up Pyrrhic...
...boosting popular sympathy for Arafat and rallying the sometimes disparate Palestinian groups to join forces against the occupying enemy. Last week Palestinian militant groups lined up to back Arafat and threaten Israel with more violence. Hamas declared that radical Islamic and secular factions had agreed to coordinate efforts. Another extremist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, announced that "every Israeli--inside and outside Israel--is a target." Even some Israelis thought Sharon's Ramallah venture would only worsen matters. Said Yossi Beilin, a member of Israel's center-left Labor party, which is part of Sharon...
...maimed as Sharon declared his intention to cause as many casualties as possible. This time around, however, Israeli soldiers were not on foot and not even visible as they shot from their tanks. Palestinian militants shifted their target to the exposed Israeli civilians in markets and cafes. For the extremist militant, there is no difference between Israelis. They are the enemy; they are all the same...
...thing has emerged about the war on terror [THE WAR, March 18], it is that not only Osama bin Laden's supporters but also extremist Islamic clerics and other radicals base their hatred of America on U.S. foreign policy. Specifically, the complaint is about America's lack of understanding of the Palestinian problem. To believe that the next phase of terror will occur as far afield as the Philippines is ludicrous. The powder keg is not there but in the Middle East. And the fuse on that powder keg is already alight. The terrorists who stand...