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...what makes it difficult to maintain security within Israel—it is not clear who is friend or foe just by looking. Moreover, it’s just untrue that all Israeli soldiers are white. Hailing from across the world—with immigrants from Ethiopia and Morocco, from the Former Soviet Union and India, Israel has one of the most diverse armies in the world. Arab Druze are Israeli citizens who serve in the army as well—are they to be accused of racial discrimination...
Since his Mideast mediation mission was announced a week ago, the region has waited for Colin Powell's arrival in Israel. Waited impatiently as the Secretary of State's meandering journey took him to Morocco, Egypt, Spain and Jordan before arriving in Jerusalem on Thursday. "Don't you think it was more important to go to Jerusalem first?" Morocco's King Mohammed VI said in an unusual public rebuke during Powell's first stop. Many commentators, both Arab and Israeli, saw in Powell's tarrying a deliberate strategy by the Bush administration to give Ariel Sharon more time to finish...
...better intervene soon--and that, in Arab eyes, means leaning hard on Sharon. Diplomats in the region reacted furiously to Israel's decision to launch its assault on Arafat just as news of the historic Arab offer to normalize relations with Israel broke. On Friday officials from Morocco to Saudi Arabia implored the White House to put the brakes on Sharon's tanks. "People are extremely angry," says one Arab diplomat. "The perception is that the U.S. is giving, if not a green light, then an amber light." The Arabs continue to condition support for an attack on Iraq...
...Gibraltarians, though, there's little to sort out. They're British. A typical family living on this outcrop of pine-dotted rock at the mouth of the Mediterranean may have roots in Ireland, Italy, Malta, Morocco and, yes, Spain. But a stroll down Main Street shows that the biggest cultural influence has been Britain. Letters go into mailboxes - no, postboxes - marked with the Queen's monogram. Conversations, though in the vernacular Spanglish, are peppered with Briticisms like "bloke" and a car's "boot." And tea-time at the Rock Hotel means fresh scones and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts...
Kieval said she was looking into safer alternatives at a number of a locations in the Middle East and Northern Africa, including Morocco...