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...most egregious canard is an assertion that “[Ariel] Sharon??ignited the present conflict in Sept. 2000 when he visited a Muslim holy site with 1,000 armed soldiers”. Hasan neglects to mention that Sharon??s visit to the Temple Mount—a Jewish holy site as well as a Muslim one—had been cleared with Palestinian security forces and that Sharon had been assured it would trigger no violence...
Indeed, the evidence suggests that Sharon??s visit was merely a pretext for an uprising that had been planned long in advance. Imad al-Faluji, the Palestinian Authority (PA) minister for communications, put it plainly during a speech in Gaza in December 2000 (reported by the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Ayyam): “The PA had begun to prepare for the outbreak of the current intifada since the return from the Camp David negotiations, by request of President Yasser Arafat…and not as a specific protest against Sharon??s visit...
...when he visited a Muslim holy site with 1,000 armed soldiers. But hatred toward Sharon stems primarily from his role in the 1982 Sabra and Chatila massacres, which left 2,000 women and children dead. While most Western newspapers suffer from a convenient amnesia when it comes to Sharon??s brutal past, Palestinians will not easily forget...
...Minister Shimon Peres, a fixture in Israel’s Labor Party, enjoys respect among Israeli and Palestinian elites. He has impressed Western leaders with his willingness to press for diplomatic solutions even as the Israeli leadership is bent on revenge, and he has maintained a safe distance from Sharon??s right-wing leadership despite serving in the coalition government. The Middle East peace process would also probably do better under former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, widely perceived as the front-runner for the Labor Party leadership. Ben-Ami enjoys the advantages of a Moroccan birth...
...increased American pressure may have been one of the reasons that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yassir Arafat has called on Palestinians to observe a cease-fire. In the past, his declarations have met with resistance from Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and other militant groups. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon??s line has also softened since last Friday, when he branded Arafat a terrorist and accused the PA of harboring terrorist groups. Despite the cancellation of weekend talks, there are indications that Arafat has in recent days begun to rein in terrorist groups working from within PA territory...