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...that he's not a high-level cabinet officer; it was that he wasn't given the tools with which to do the job. Washington reportedly had insisted that Zinni push for a cease-fire without any link to negotiations over the political future of the West Bank and Gaza. That was never going to work - even Israel's security and intelligence chiefs had warned as much - and it left the administration standing ineffectually on the sidelines as violence spun dangerously out of control...
...President Bush gave Powell a solid sendoff Thursday with a message that both insisted that an end to terrorism is the key to progress, but also that such progress requires an end to Israeli settlement activity and, ultimately, an end to its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Clearly spelling out the ultimate destination is the most effective way of securing a cease-fire, and President Bush spoke of two states coexisting peacefully along the lines envisaged in the Oslo peace process and the recent Arab League proposal. While considerable disagreement may remain over borders and the terms...
...campaign that sidelines Arafat and his authority and deepens the radicalization of the Palestinian population and the whole Arab world against Israel suggests the current pattern of conflict - terror attacks inside Israel; heavy Israeli retaliation in the West Bank and Gaza - could be locked in for a long time to come. The primary building block of what Sharon calls the "infrastructure of terror" is the fact that an overwhelming majority of ordinary Palestinians believe violence is the only way to end Israel's occupation. And as long as there is an endless supply of people willing to die, all they...
...fair and just proposal for an independent Palestine while making that proposal contingent upon an end to violence. The details would require negotiation, but the initial proposal should follow in the spirit of that recently promoted by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, offering the Palestinians the West Bank and Gaza Strip with minor border adjustments while resolving the outstanding issues of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights...
...believe that if the Israelis float a final settlement, the Palestinians’ assumed desire for a just and comprehensive peace would be enough to end suicide bombings. The Palestinians launched the current terrorist intifada after being offered a state in 98 percent of the West Bank and Gaza and sovereignty over East Jerusalem. The inducement the Staff asks Israel to give was already spurned by the Palestinian leadership...