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...delivering that is the widespread perception in the West Bank and Gaza that he's acting on Israel's behalf against fellow Palestinians without achieving any gains for his own people. Hence the growing concern among diplomats and Israeli leaders of the traditional "peace camp" such as Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to revive the prospect of political negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. This because they believe Arafat has no incentive and little credibility to sustain action against Palestinian radicals in the absence of a visible non-violent alternative for pursuing the universally shared Palestinian objective of ending Israel...
...hawkish Jerusalem Post confirmed some of the Arab papers' worst suspicions. Its commentary reads the cabinet's declaration on Arafat as a prohibition on any further talks between the Palestinian leader and foreign minister Shimon Peres, who insists Arafat is the only Palestinian negotiating partner Israel has. And the paper applauded the military consequences: "Seeing Arafat as an peace partner tied Israel's hands militarily, because it meant that Israel would not push so hard as to topple him - because then there would be no one in the future to conduct diplomatic talks with. By no longer seeing Arafat...
Surely the peace process would fare better with different leaders at the helm. And such leaders do exist on both sides of the Green Line. On the Israeli side, Foreign 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...
...talks this week with President Bush. A Palestinian killed himself and three others on a bus in northern Israel. Sharon pledged "to put an end to these acts" and refused to compromise on his call for seven days of "absolute quiet" before resumption of peace talks. But Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that this stance was an invitation to opponents of peace and urged the use of dialogue, not just military force...
...Jerusalem there are two prime ministers. One is the official one, Ariel Sharon, who has declared the Palestinian Authority a supporter of terror, and is striking with missiles. And on the other hand there is Shimon Peres, who is willing to talk with Arafat - they speak over the phone, without the knowledge of Sharon. Peres said, according to sources, that if Arafat over the next 12 hours arrests many of those Israel wants held, Peres would do something for Arafat in return...