Word: intifadas
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...against Israel and create a basis for stable coexistence between two states. A unilateral "divorce" would leave many of those claims unresolved, and create a Palestinian state that served simply as a platform for war against Israel. Indeed, the only Arab leader to have made any gains from the intifada has been Saddam Hussein, who has styled himself the savior of the Palestinians, not least through substantial financial contributions to families of sons "martyred" in the intifada. Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian group who claimed responsibility for Thursday's carnage in Jerusalem, actually termed the blast a "gift" to Saddam. Under...
...Bush's dilemma, of course, is minor when compared with Sharon's. Six months ago, the Likud leader won a landslide election victory on promises to end the intifada by getting tough. Yet Sunday's shooting attack that wounded eight Israelis in downtown Tel Aviv was a dramatic reminder that Israelis are essentially as insecure now as when they elected Sharon. And the current situation, in which one or two Israelis are killed every week in the West Bank or Gaza may be politically unsustainable in the long run for the Israeli government. After all, it was the deaths...
...Arafat's problem is that the longer the intifada persists, the more remote becomes his cherished Palestinian state - and his own relevance to the future of his people. His own diplomatic and political standing today, and the very raison d'?tre of the power structure atop which he sits, has been the peace process and turning the PLO from a liberation movement into a government. Without the promise of achieving a viable state through negotiation, he has very little to offer Palestinians in exchange for cooperating with the Israelis. And it's that awareness that helps explain his skittish shuttling...
...basis of measuring Palestinian rage against the negative impact such executions might have on European public opinion. It's a tough call, because Palestinians are not only angry at Israel, but also at the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its security forces for failing to protect those waging the intifada against the Israelis. The PA was the big loser on the streets this week. It makes them look bad when Israel can simply swoop in and do something like this. That's why the trial and sentencing of these accused collaborators was moved forward and hurried through, because there had been...
...whiff of Lebanon in the 1970s. And that's a serious problem for Arafat. When you take that rising militancy together with the anger expressed at Arafat's own administration for not protecting Palestinians fighting intifiada, it appears that his control has been severely weakened. Early on in the intifada, I believe he could have stopped it immediately if he really wanted to. But that wasn't going to be true forever, and things may now have passed the point where he can simply end it immediately. If he's able to end it at all, it would take...