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Arafat’s complicity in terror is unquestionable. If he really wants peace, then why his rejection of Ehud Barak’s insanely generous proposal for Palestinian statehood? Why the intifada? Why his approval of that infamous arms-laden boat from Iran; his funding of al Aqsa leaders; his penchant for praising terrorists as martyrs? The answer: he thinks Palestinian terrorism wins political concessions...
...negotiated with the Vietnamese, whom they branded terrorists. So did the French with the Algerians. And back in 1948, the international community recognized the claim of Jews in Palestine to statehood even though some - including two subsequent Israeli prime ministers - had pursued that goal through acts of terrorism against the British...
...making the public call for a truce but mandating a group of his subordinates to begin the actual work of negotiating cease-fire and political agreements with the Israelis. The fact that the U.S. is now drawing a close link between a cease-fire and political negotiations over Palestinian statehood may have created more of an incentive for Arafat to embrace a deal, but the bitterness created by the Israeli incursions could restrain him. And like Sharon, he's likely to struggle to avoid making any move that might be construed as a retreat...
...Besides pressing for a cease-fire, Powell is looking to simultaneously restart the process of political negotiations over Palestinian statehood. He has made clear that he hopes his Friday meeting with Sharon will give him a better sense of the Israeli leader's political vision. But Sharon's government of national unity is based on crisis-management rather a shared political vision, and while it maintains a relative consensus on security matters, it is sharply divided over the political future of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza...
...President Bush's comments also contain some bad news for Sharon. Washington appeared to link cease-fire efforts to the broader goal of achieving Palestinian statehood, and he set out goals in this respect that will make the Israeli leader uncomfortable. Bush demanded an end to Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza, and insisted that Israel's occupation of those territories must be ended "through withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries consistent with United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338." Tough talk that suggests a parting of ways, sooner or later, between the U.S. and Sharon...