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...Jamil Hamad (Bethlehem): Secretary of State Powell's mission has certainly been put under a big question mark as a result of the differences between Sharon and Bush. The Israelis are not putting too much expectation on the visit, but the Palestinians may be misreading the differences between Sharon and Bush, falsely believing that these have arisen because Bush has taken the Palestinian interpretation. Sharon will stick to his position, and won't be particularly diplomatic with Powell. He'll insist that that the Palestinians stop all violence for ten days before he'll carry out the next step...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Nablus and Aharon Klein/Jerusalem
...Matt Rees/Jerusalem. With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem
...Jamil Hamad:You can still feel a great deal of tension. There were clashes today between settlers and the Palestinian population near Nablus and in Hebron. And shooting incidents have continued despite the cease fire declared by Yasser Arafat. In this situation, European and American efforts to confirm the cease fire agreements are threatened by many land mines. The cease fire on the Palestinian side was not an outcome of national consensus or consultation, so there is a feeling among Palestinians that this cease fire was a response by Arafat to international pressure and Israeli threats - the cease fire agreement...
...Jamil Hamad: It's a very unpredictable area, and I don't advise anybody to make predictions...