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...aggressive expansion of existing settlements (Israeli media reported Tuesday that Sharon was planning to spend $350 million expanding existing settlements). The news set off alarm bells in Washington, because though there are plenty of reasons for doubting whether Yasser Arafat has either the political will or the capacity to rein in Palestinian militants, it is a relative certainty that no cease-fire will even be signed without Israel agreeing to some form of settlement freeze...
...months of the Bush administration, while Yasser Arafat has not yet been invited. "The U.S. can't keep listening only to the Israeli side," a senior Palestinian official said in Washington. The administration has been holding back on an invitation as a means of pressuring the Palestinian leader to rein in militants operating from his territory. But the Bush administration remained equally cold to Peres's suggestion that it declare Arafat's Fatah movement a terrorist organization, thereby forcing the PLO to close its diplomatic offices in Washington and cutting off funds raised...
...orders - recently, his calls to halt mortar attacks and to disband local committees coordinating armed activities between Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and his own Fatah movement have not only been ignored, they've been openly challenged. He may be reluctant to risk further diminishing his power by trying to rein in Palestinian militants in the absence of any tangible gains from the sacrifices ordinary Palestinians have been forced to make as a result of the intifada he initiated last October. So the Israelis have plenty of reason to ask just how the proposed cease-fire is going to stop Palestinian...
...Mein Herz Brennt,” the best industrial-speed-metal song Led Zeppelin never recorded. Of course, Rammstein is still a band in transition; the latter half of Mutter is filled with the sort of flimsy Ministry imitations (“Zwitter,” “Rein Raus”) that kept Sehnsucht from receiving serious critical acclaim. The group’s vaguely grotesque and disturbing lyrics have not changed either. Listeners should consult English translations at their own risk. Rammstein may not speak their American fans’ language, but they definitely understand that rocking...
...Arafat politically unable to rein in the militants even if he wanted to at this point...