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Matt Rees: He came under a certain amount of pressure after the F-16 strikes, but he's not facing overwhelming opposition. Israelis are not exactly taking to the streets demanding a cease-fire. Since his election, Sharon has always equated a cease-fire with an unconditional end to attacks...
Rees: That may be the way the Americans and Europeans see it, but Sharon refuses to return to the position Barak was in before the intifada, which resulted in Barak being driven from office by Arafat. Sharon was extremely critical of the offers made by Barak. He doesn't necessarily...
Matt Rees' article on the Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Hizballah [WORLD, April 30] stated that the "Palestinians are suffering under a heavy-handed Israeli backlash." Is he indicating that the Israelis have the unmitigated chutzpah not to cooperate docilely with their own annihilation? What are they to do--just...
Matt Rees: He's been fairly widely criticized for overreacting, particularly in editorials in the Israeli media, where sending the F-16s has been seen as out of proportion, leaving fewer places to go after this and bringing international criticism without any real positive gain. Essentially, if Israel had done...
Matt Rees: Since Sharon came into office, Israeli forces have pursued a policy of targeting Palestinian paramilitary police and other forces accused of mounting attacks on Israelis, in the hope of making the cost of continuing the intifada too high for Arafat and the men around him who are held...