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In Israel, the triumphalism that followed the air strike - Prime Minister Sharon called it one of Israel's "greatest successes" - quickly turned into a chorus of self-flagellation Wednesday in the face of fierce international criticism over the civilian casualties. Israel's President Moshe Katsav, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and...
So what do the Israelis do next? Forced to fashion a tough response to two terror attacks in two days that left nine Israelis dead, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has few good options on the table. Indeed, the arrest of 21 male relatives of Wednesday's Tel Aviv suicide bombers...
But the moves under discussion in Sharon's cabinet were geared towards easing the burden of the current reoccupation, rather than ending it. Israeli commentator Aluf Benn summarized Sharon's plan as holding out for the "unconditional surrender" of the Palestinians: "In messages to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell...
The impetus for the speech came in April, when Arab and European allies pressed a reluctant Bush administration off the sidelines as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict threatened to spiral out of control. U.S.-aligned Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, warned Washington that the raging violence imperiled its long-term...
Not only does the current standoff threaten to cloud any peace discussions this summer; it threatens at any moment to blow up in a new wave of violence that would entirely eclipse such discussions. The sharp uptick in attacks on Israelis and the continued Israeli operations inside Area A is...