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...understanding for Israel's need to defend itself; the Palestinians refer to the administration's recent demands on Israel and its support for U.N. resolutions requiring immediate Israeli withdrawal. Sharon expects that support for his offensive on Capitol Hill and from some senior players in the Bush administration will restrain the White House from putting him under significant pressure. Arafat may be betting that the dramatic hardening of moderate Arab opinion against the U.S. caused by the crisis will force Washington to turn the screws on Sharon...
...political agreements with the Israelis. The fact that the U.S. is now drawing a close link between a cease-fire and political negotiations over Palestinian statehood may have created more of an incentive for Arafat to embrace a deal, but the bitterness created by the Israeli incursions could restrain him. And like Sharon, he's likely to struggle to avoid making any move that might be construed as a retreat...
...More worrisome is the possibility that Musharraf, with no nationwide political organization to back him, may cozy up to the extremist Islamic groups he's been trying to restrain. He'll win the referendum of his choosing, but if doing so emboldens the forces of Islamic extremism, that victory could end up Pyrrhic...
...Sharon to "consider the consequences" of his actions and limit civilian casualties, but his posture effectively gave the Israelis a green light. White House officials indicated that while the Administration has not abandoned efforts to mediate a truce between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it doesn't plan to restrain Israel or launch any new initiative to halt the violence. "Ultimately," one senior aide told TIME, "we're going to try to ride...
...American cease-fire initiative is an indication of how quickly the political balance in the region has shifted. Arafat has not only survived Sharon's siege, he has begun to prosper politically as the U.S. effort to rally Arab support against Saddam Hussein has forced the Bush administration to restrain Israel. Such external pressure may even help the beleaguered Sharon by giving him the political cover to retreat from a military escalation whose failure to alter the situation has only fueled challenges from both his left and right flanks...