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...destroy the terrorist infrastructure, say Israeli leaders, which means he can throw the switch at any point. Also, while he's acting to stop attacks inside Israel, it's not at all clear that he plans to stop attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank or Gaza...
...extreme violence. U.S. diplomats have reported this sense of public outrage about American policy in the region for many years. It is evident that it has been particularly strong in all Arab countries, more evident as you get nearer to ground zero of the problems: the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem...
...order to keep the Arab allies on board during the Gulf War, the first Bush administration insisted, under threat of withholding U.S. aid, that Israel refrain from building settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and pressed it to open negotiations with the Palestinians. Ironically, the global anti-terror campaign may presage a more activist peacemaking role by the new Bush administration, too. It even has the potential to foster unprecedented security cooperation between Washington and such hitherto "untouchable" regimes as Iran and Syria. But there are profound dangers, too. A wider war between the West and the Arab...
...poses a significant obstacle to winning active Arab support for the U.S.-led anti-terror campaign. Arab governments have found it increasingly difficult to support Washington on issues such as Iraq, for example, as the continued U.S. campaign against that country and the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has fanned anti-American rage on Arab streets. And it is precisely that sentiment that Bin Laden exploits to solicit recruits, funding and support across the Arab and Muslim world...
...possible. Some evidence now coming to light indicates that the attackers may have been part of an extremist religious movement—but the actions of individuals and extremist groups must not be taken as representative of the whole. After the attacks, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yassir Arafat and many Gaza residents gave blood to assist the survivors and criticized those in Nablus who celebrated the attacks. We must resolve that no more violence should take place against innocents in our country; our attackers will have won if America tolerates even verbal intimidation of Arab- or Muslim-Americans...