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...fire effort succeeds, Israel now faces a fundamental political choice in its relations with the Palestinians. That's because the bloodletting of the past 18 months is increasingly acknowledged as the product of the stalled Oslo peace process, which created an armed Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza, yet failed to deliver the promised peace of a "two-state" solution. Israelis are unanimous that the present standoff is untenable, but they're sharply divided over whether the way out is to complete the political separation into two states, or to forcefully reverse much of what Oslo created...
...that asymmetry is reversed when it comes to political will, he writes. The readiness of Palestinian militants to die in order to inflict pain is mirrored in growing doubts among Israelis over the purpose of putting their own troops in harm's way in the West Bank and Gaza. "Every day Israeli soldiers weep over their dead comrades," says Van Creveld. "Every day the parents of Palestinian suicide bombers proudly display their children's pictures and funerals of dead fighters bring out thousands who scream for revenge." And that, he says, creates a fundamental weakness on the Israeli side...
...Palestinian areas suggested the mission was making progress. But while the U.S. and Israel might be content with simply avoiding a repeat of the bloodbath of the past two weeks, Yasser Arafat needs more - a resumption of fast-track negotiations for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. And unlikely as it may have seemed a month ago, Arafat now holds the strategic cards...
...exchange for an Israeli withdrawal to its 1967 borders. While Arafat has rushed to calibrate his own positions with the Saudi plan, Sharon has publicly rejected it. Having opposed the Oslo accords from the get-go, the prospect of giving up all or most of the West Bank and Gaza is anathema to the prime minister...
...Although Cheney had hoped to push the Iraq issue, his visit allowed Arab leaders an opportunity to vent their frustrations over U.S. support for Israel. And the Vice President was not helped by fact that his trip coincided with the heaviest Israeli military operations into the West Bank and Gaza since...