Word: intifadas
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...Monday speech on the peace process. Egypt's official Al Ahram was cautiously optimistic in an editorial, but it also carried a front page analysis predicting problems: "[The Palestinians'] ill-disguised discomfort was due to the concrete demands Powell made on them to bring about [an end to the intifada] compared to the vagueness he wanted from Israel to move to [end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza]." Israeli raids into Palestinian territories and new housing construction in settlements continued even after Powell's speech calling for an end to such practices. "Faced with these realities, Arafat...
...problem, both for Sharon and Washington, is that those tactics have not worked. A year into the intifada, it is showing no signs of 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...
...Sharon's tactics, of course, are by no means the only obstacle to restoring dialogue. The forces Arafat set in motion when the intifada began last year are now coming back to haunt him. As much as he wants a return to the negotiating table, Palestinian public opinion is firmly behind the militants against whom Arafat would have to act in order to restart the peace process. And the Palestinian street has little enthusiasm for new talks with Israel. Arafat has considerably less political authority and room for maneuver than he had a year...
...Palestinian conflict. Two weeks ago, Sharon warned President Bush against sacrificing Israel to "appease" his Arab allies, drawing a sharp rebuke from Washington for an "unacceptable" statement. The latest sign of discord is more serious, however, because this time it is Israel's tactics in response to the Palestinian intifada that Washington has described as "unacceptable" and as part of the problem...
...Israel's reluctance to settle for Arafat imprisoning Zeevi's killers is hardly surprising. The PA has found it increasingly difficult to sustain action against Palestinian militants during the current intifada - local Fatah militia leader Atif Abbayat who was killed last Thursday, for example, had been arrested by the PA only weeks earlier, but was then released after his supporters threatened to resume firing on the Israeli neighborhood of Gilo. The U.S. has repeatedly called on Arafat to take stronger steps to rein in militants...