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...drifting desperately, with nothing approximating a strategy and his notoriously autocratic leadership style making it difficult for more clear-sighted aides to effect policy, even as his political authority ebbs more and more visibly. And yet even inside Sharon's cabinet, there are countervailing pressures, with foreign minister Shimon Peres warning that any move to destroy the PA would force him to quit the government. But neither the Bush administration nor the Israelis are ready to relinquish Arafat altogether - not because they necessarily believe he's on the verge of an epiphany over ending terrorism, but because they fear that...
Israel's new tactic comes on the heels of the failed Sept. 26 cease-fire reached by Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Blaming Arafat for ensuing West Bank violence that left nearly 200 dead, Ben-Eliezer says Israel has chosen to work with "dignified leaders" instead. Nevertheless, Palestinian sources say Arafat is not out of the loop. They claim he is secretly okaying every deal and in fact sees an upside: local truces allow for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian neighborhoods without his commitment to a full cease-fire...
...other major theme of Week 5 at war was that hardy perennial, Middle East peace. There was Tony Blair in Washington cajoling President Bush, and Israel withdrawing from recently reoccupied West Bank towns. But the Israeli media was seized by reports that foreign minister Shimon Peres was urging Ariel Sharon to come up with a long-term peace plan of his own, rather than be forced to respond to anyone else's. The Jerusalem Post reported mounting domestic opposition to a Sharon-Peres peace proposal from both the left and the right. The Labor Party rank-and-file is pushing...
...Palestinian militias would require putting special units in harm's way. So far, Sharon has been reluctant to risk casualties, preferring to keep his men largely encased in armor. In any case, he's conducting a military campaign with an eye on Washington and his own dovish Foreign Minister Shimon Peres...
...While Sharon and the hawks in his cabinet may have little compunction about destroying Arafat politically, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres plainly shares some of Washington's concerns. Arafat may be an unlovely and unreliable negotiating partner, Peres warns, but he's the only one Israel has. If Arafat is eclipsed politically, his successors will be even less inclined to deal with Israel and more committed to war - a war that Israel is unlikely to lose, but equally unlikely to win. Lightly armed Palestinian gunmen and suicide bombers have no hope of forcing Israel to retreat from the West Bank...