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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw down the gauntlet on Sunday following the most devastating suicide bombing of the 18-month intifada. In an escalating war in which neither side has been bold enough to go out on a limb for peace, Sharon vowed to decimate the forces behind the attacks, saying, “We must fight against this terrorism, fight with no compromise, pull up these wild plants by the roots, smash their infrastructure.” Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat remains silent in response to President George W. Bush’s demand that...
...silly to 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...
...Arafat against Palestinian militants - including mass arrests and disarming of militias - in exchange for a gradual easing of the blockade of Palestinian towns. Not until you leave, say the Palestinians, who set the price of cracking down as an immediate Israeli withdrawal to positions occupied before the September 2000 intifada began and a speedy resumption of negotiations over Palestinian statehood...
...administration that, in Palestinian eyes, has allied itself substantially with Sharon. Arafat's domestic political standing today may be more dependent on the efforts of the Fatah-linked militias than on any gains won through diplomacy or his relationship with Washington. To close down the intifada now, Arafat and his aides say they require a resumption of political talks. But whereas Sharon has previously made clear that his idea of the final boundaries of a Palestinian state are considerably less than those offered by his predecessor at the Camp David and Taba talks, Arafat may be expecting at least Taba...
...Still, the restoration of calm for its own sake may not be sufficient incentive for Arafat - or the tens of thousands of Palestinian militants on the ground who have waged the intifada - to enforce a cease-fire. Such incentive would only come, say Palestinian officials (and European mediators and Israeli peacemakers such as foreign minister Shimon Peres) with the restoration of negotiations over Palestinian statehood. While Sharon and his supporters balk at resuming such talks, arguing that this would simply reward violence, Peres and others say that it would create a necessary incentive for Arafat to keep the peace...