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...Liberation Organization, was a powerless joke in the West Bank, a has-been group that clung to its Marxist ideology and its naysaying on peace with Israel. Ze'evi was a marginal right-wing extremist who often advocated the "voluntary transfer" of Palestinians out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In death, both have become, to their own sides, evidence of the other side's cruelty and irredeemability...
...part of the Palestinian Authority to confront terror in a decisive manner is absolutely unacceptable," said Reeker. But there's nothing new in that. What is new is the insistence that Sharon's tactics are unable to produce the calm Washington now desperately needs in the West Bank and Gaza. Again Reeker: "We call upon both sides to do all they can to halt this continuing dangerous situation marked by violence and provocation, and act in a manner that allows progress on implementing the Mitchell report and restoration of direct dialogue between the parties...
...being exhausted or contained by Israeli military action. More alarming for Washington, Sharon's actions have significantly weakened Arafat politically and strengthened his more radical challengers who hope to follow the Hezbollah model of guerrilla warfare, rather than negotiations, to get Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza...
...planes and helicopters that maintain Israel’s military advantage were made in the USA. Congress gives over $2.8 billion to Israel every year. To young Palestinians growing up in squalid refugee camps, the injustice must seem unbearable. They know that Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 and have yet to return them in conformance with U.N. Resolution 242, building settlements all the while. Some of these Palestinians had a parent who was killed at Sabra or Shatila; they may even have known a grandparent who felt forced out of Israel, the homeland of Palestinians...
...other country." Bush offered the Taliban a "second chance," saying he would call off the assault if they surrendered bin Laden. The regime rejected the proposal. The Western military action sparked protests in Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq and the Palestinian territories, where police opened fire on bin Laden supporters in Gaza. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf struggled to contain anti-American demonstrations in several major cities. He sidelined two generals and replaced his intelligence chief - all three had pro-Taliban sympathies - before allowing the country?s airspace and later airbases to be used by U.S. forces...