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...measure, the situation has the makings of an epic human catastrophe. And to reduce this dismal state of affairs to a mantra about Arafat doing more to rein in terrorism is simply deluded...
...Washington's frustration over the Palestinian leader's failure to rein in militants reached boiling point three weeks ago when Israel intercepted an arms shipment allegedly bound for the PA from Iran. The U.S. has demanded that Arafat provide a satisfactory explanation of that incident, and has written to the governments of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia offering evidence of PA involvement in the transaction and urging pressure on Arafat. But Bush is unlikely to recruit any Arab support against Arafat, for the simple reason that the consensus even among U.S. allies in the Arab world is that Sharon...
...responded to Tuesday's attack by demanding that Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat do more to rein in the militants. "He needs to dismantle the organizations that do these things," said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. Referring to recent statements by militant groups suspending their undertakings not to launch attacks inside Israel in response to Arafat's December 16 cease-fire call, Boucher added: "It's not a matter of whether they decide they will or they won't carry out attacks, it's making sure that they...
...equation by asking what will be achieved by yielding now, in the absence of any Palestinian gains. And Yasser Arafat, pinned down in his office in Ramallah by Israeli tanks, appears to be simply bobbing on the waves of chaos swelling all around him now, his ability to rein in the militants increasingly in question even if that were his unambiguous intention...
...Western governments concerned to avoid a new escalation of hostilities will likely pressure on Arafat to do more to rein in the militants. But the apparent collapse of his most strenuous effort to date suggests that even if he can muster the political will to press the case, the Palestinian leader will find it increasingly difficult to impose it on the streets. Hamas derisively asks what Arafat has achieved for the Palestinians in exchange for the cease-fire, and even grassroots leaders of his own organization ostentatiously, and publicly, defy his exhortations. Indeed, it is worth noting that the Hadera...