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Arafat spoke in a conference call with President Clinton and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Arafat's office said yesterday...
...faces a tough battle for political survival when his parliament reconvenes, and being subjected to the ritual dressing down that Arafat requires as cover for signing a new deal may be more than the Israeli leader can afford. And he may have been doing Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak a favor - thousands of Egyptian university students calling for "Holy War" against Israel clashed with security forces Wednesday, and Barak's arrival in Egypt at this point may have stirred up domestic turmoil...
...added a little side-trip to Tanzania (a mere five hours' flight farther east) to help out good friend Nelson Mandela with the tricky Burundian peace talks. In mid-journey it announced that on the way back he'd pop in on Cairo, Egypt, for some consultations with President Mubarak about the Middle East peace talks...
...President Clinton's difficulty may have been underlined by the fact that a longtime ally, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, has been on a lightning shuttle through Arab capitals to ensure that the Saudis, Jordanians, Syrians and Egyptians speak with one voice in insisting that no compromise be made on the demand for Palestinian sovereignty in East Jerusalem (except for the Jewish and Armenian quarters of the Old City and the Western Wall of the Jewish Temple). Barak, meanwhile, has taken flak back home for even offering Palestinians the limited authority in parts of East Jerusalem...
...little to do with democracy. Israel is the only democracy in the region, and that may be a good thing if peace is the goal. Popular opinion in Egypt, Jordan and among Palestinians is far more hostile to Israel than are the political elites who interface with Washington. President Mubarak, King Hussein and Yasser Arafat would have had a hard time concluding their peace agreements with the Jewish state if they had to answer, in short order, to an electorate...