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...Aqsa Intifadeh. The U.S. is already seen by Arabs as a biased backer of Israel, so the tanks won't help ease the qualms Muslims feel about the bombing of Afghanistan. In fact, it may be too late. After Israeli troops first moved into the Palestinian towns, Ronald Schlicher, the U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem, went to Sheik Ikrima Sabri, the chief Muslim cleric in the city, to gauge public opinion on the Afghanistan airstrikes. "People are angry at America and they'll react against you," Sabri said. "America should stop being on the side of Israel...
...Bill Clinton in his desperate quest to pull the two sides together. Two weeks ago, Clinton laid out for the Israelis and Palestinians a set of parameters for restarting talks. Israel gave a guarded "yes, but." Diplomatic sources say that last weekend the U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem, Ron Schlicher, called Arafat aide Nabil Abu Rdeineh to say the White House didn't require a definitive answer on tricky questions like the right of return for refugees or the status of Jerusalem, only another "yes, but." After Arafat's three hours of talks with Clinton Wednesday, Palestinian officials...
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