Word: moussa
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TIME: Don't you really mean "change" the policy? Moussa: The assumption that Arabs will accept an Israeli version of peace is a wrong assumption. [Not] Yasser Arafat nor any Palestinian leader will dare sign one document interpreted as a surrender. What is possible is a fair settlement, according to U.N. Resolution 242. Who led the drive toward peace in accordance with certain principles? The United States. It should continue...
TIME: What are the roots of the anger? Moussa: The new world order is not pleasing anybody. There were demonstrations in Seattle, Durban, Genoa, Bangkok. The way things are being done, the policy of double standards, is doing a lot of harm. It is not only the Palestinian issue. Everybody is protesting...
TIME: So it's all America's fault? Moussa: I wouldn't say so, but since America is the most powerful country, the only superpower, it is more responsible than others. Everybody looks to America to intervene, achieve peace, exert pressure, convince governments to do this or that...
TIME: If the terrorists were Arabs, how would you explain what they did? Moussa: [U.S. Secretary of State] Colin Powell says that they will produce evidence. If it was Arabs or Muslims, they don't represent the Arab or Muslim people, but we have to see why. First, there is the frustration, the sense that a major injustice has been done to the Arabs. Israeli policy is challenging the dignity of the Arab man. And nobody cares. But nothing in what I say justifies the attacks. We condemn...
TIME: Are you worried that America's retaliation may turn out badly? Moussa: The situation is very fluid, very fluid. The [U.S.] goals are still not very clear...