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...Arab allies against al Qaeda, has opened the most visible rift in years between Israel and the U.S. Israel's rejection of Washington's call to withdraw its forces from Palestinian Authority-controlled towns persisted after Tuesday's meeting between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres in Washington. After the meeting, Peres reiterated Israel's insistence that it will remain in six Palestinian towns until Yasser Arafat agrees to hand over the gunmen responsible for last week's assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi, while Powell's spokesman repeated Washington's call...
...will probably be no different from what they've been doing until now, although possibly on a larger scale. Even if it's not on a larger scale, this will certainly mean a reversal for efforts to revive peace talks. Last Friday, (Israeli foreign minister Shimon) told the Palestinians that Israel would ease the closure of Palestinian areas, and they had started to do that on Sunday. Israel did still retain the right to assassinate Hamas people, however, which they've been doing every day since Sunday...
...uprising in the West Bank and Gaza provides ample proof of why Israel has not been able to lift road closures and checkpoints. The very same day that the Israeli army eased closures in the Gaza Strip as arranged by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, two Hamas terrorists infiltrated a Jewish settlement and killed two Israeli teenagers. In exchange for the lifting of roadblocks, Arafat was supposed to clamp down on Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Israeli intelligence claims that Arafat had prior knowledge of the Hamas attack but did nothing to prevent...
...Pressure from Washington, as well as Yasser Arafat's recent attempts to rein in militants and ingratiate himself with the U.S. has also been weighing heavily on Sharon's own unity government. He is reportedly at odds with his foreign minister, Shimon Peres, over whether talks with Arafat should continue. Peres insists that Arafat remains Israel's best hope for finding a Palestinian negotiating partner and that resuming the peace process is of critical importance; Sharon believes Arafat can't be trusted and is resisting allowing any further talks. But while he carries the solid support of most...
...Bank and Gaza observed a three-minute silence to mark the first anniversary of the intifadeh that has killed more than 600 Palestinians and 160 Israelis. The momentary peace did not last long, as Israeli soldiers and Palestinians resumed hostilities that were supposed to cease after Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had met to agree a truce...