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For the Bush administration, the Saudi proposal represents an opportunity to break out of a diplomatic straitjacket. Over the past three months, Washington's focus has been almost exclusively on pressuring Yasser Arafat to act against terrorism. But the Bush team's efforts - like Israel PM Ariel Sharon's - have...
The distinction between Israel and its occupied territories is gaining increasing importance in Israel's domestic politics. The call to "separate" from the Palestinians enjoys growing support from the political center and the left in Israel. The terms and boundaries of such separation may vary in different proposals, but the...
The reserve officers' call is echoed by a peace plan being touted by Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and Arafat aide Ahmed Kurei, as well as of various proposals emanating from the European Union and the Arab world. U.S. officials have been particularly interested in a proposal by Saudi Arabia...
But Sharon is not responding to opinion polls; he's maneuvering to outflank his rivals. Benjamin Netanyahu continues to hover menacingly, ready to resume the mantle of Likud party leadership from Sharon as soon as the party holds a primary. So simply maintaining the present impasse almost certainly seals Sharon...
Once Palestinians grumbled that their leader flitted around the world's capitals in a grotesque parody of statesmanship while those he represented continued to suffer the indignities of occupation. Now, like them, he is a virtual prisoner of the Israelis. Either way, they have long-since given up hope in...