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...summit at the White House last week. Each of the leaders taking part in the meeting and most of the millions watching it held in their mind an image of that awe-inspiring 1993 handshake on the South Lawn. Now, however, Yasser Arafat was face to face with Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of a very different Israeli government, and most onlookers hoped the magic of a handshake might cast another spell. In the closing moments outside the White House on Wednesday, Netanyahu grasped Arafat's hand and pumped it, adding his left hand atop the grip. Arafat joined in, leaning...
...find this view somewhat ironic considering that Netanyahu has thus far done very little to advance the peace process. In fact, his actions have been almost entirely detrimental...
...article states, "Demonstrators held signs reading 'Netanyahu, We Support You in Your Continuation of the Peace Process...
...more importantly, what is Netanyahu to do? The Palestinians are eager to make him look bad; the American press is eager to buy into the Palestinian account of things. And our President and State Department, who have no great fondness for Netanyahu to begin with, can do nothing but pressure him to take impossible actions to preserve the impression during an election year that their own simple-minded policies have somehow succeeded in bringing peace to the Middle East. If he does nothing, he will hardly be advancing the peace process in the eyes of Israelis or Palestinians...
...discussion will focus on last month's decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open of a tunnel through a site considered sacred by the Palestinians...