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...three days. The bombing appears to have swung the fragile balance of the Bush administration's conflicted Middle East policy back in the direction of the hawks skeptical of renewed engagement with Yasser Arafat. Whereas Powell had responded to Wednesday's suicide bombing that killed nine people in Haifa by saying the event underscored the importance of his peace mission, President Bush Friday demanded that Arafat condemn the latest outrage, and Secretary Powell dutifully postponed his scheduled Saturday meeting with the Palestinian leader...
...prime minister has made clear that even after Powell's arrival on Thursday, Israel would continue its offensive against Palestinian militants in the West Bank - and he urged the U.S. to avoid pressuring Israel into withdrawing before the operation's objectives have been achieved. Wednesday's suicide bombing in Haifa emboldened Sharon's defiance of Bush administration calls for immediate withdrawal, but Secretary Powell warned on Thursday that terror attacks would continue no matter how long Israel's offensive continued, and that what was required to end violence was a comprehensive political solution. Israel has moved its troops...
...chemical or even biological weapons that evoke the special enthusiasm of Hamas and other fundamentalists. Finally, there is the Hizballah militia in southern Lebanon, already deployed close to Israel's northern frontier with hundreds of bombardment rockets ready to strike as far away as the port city of Haifa...
...suicide bombing in Haifa on March 31 killed 15 and wounded...
Shira D. Kieval ’04—who planned to study Hebrew at Haifa University in northern Israel this summer through a program not sponsored by Harvard—said she would not let the new policy affect her decision...