Word: statehooder
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...that protecting its interests throughout the Middle East requires rapid progress towards settling the conflict by creating a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza. But Sharon has made abundantly clear that he's not interested in any near-term political settlement nor in any version of Palestinian statehood that would satisfy even the most moderate Arab and Palestinian leaders. The Israelis hope that a dossier of evidence purporting to prove Yasser Arafat's links to terrorism will convince Washington to support Sharon's refusal to negotiate with the Palestinians under his leadership. But that's unlikely, since...
...views of an electorate considerably less inclined than Arafat is to accept U.S. and Israeli terms for peace. Even more so the local elections scheduled for December, since those are contested by Hamas, which boycotts "national" elections because it refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority. If statehood is made conditional on the emergence of a Palestinian leadership acceptable to Washington, then the "political horizon" Washington had hoped to establish through Bush's speech may be too distant to have any meaningful impact on the current standoff...
...Israeli military isn't going anywhere as long as Palestinian attacks continue, and the organizations mounting those attacks have signaled they have no plans to change their ways. The promise that if the Palestinians would suddenly become a peaceful, liberal democratic society they would get a "provisional" statehood in 42 percent of the West Bank isn't likely to bring a halt to the attacks either. As one British journalist tartly put it, Bush seemed to be saying there would be no state for the Palestinians until they became "the Switzerland of the Levant...
...control. U.S.-aligned Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, warned Washington that the raging violence imperiled its long-term interests in the region, particularly the war on terrorism and the proposed campaign against Iraq. After consulting with allies, President Bush began to add comments about supporting Palestinian statehood to his denunciations of Palestinian terrorism. The State Department, Washington's Arab allies and even Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres had, it seemed, convinced Bush that there was no chance of curbing Palestinian terrorism without restoring some hope among the Palestinians that there was a peaceful route to independence. But the countervailing...
...uneasy about the security fence and the proposed reoccupation of PA territory. Washington is concerned that the Palestinians and their Arab supporters will reject a unilateral move by Israel to define its borders with a future Palestinian state. And an Israeli presence inside PA territory nullifies even the provisional statehood being weighed by the administration. But for President Bush, the dilemma runs deeper - despite his administration's commitment to fight terrorism, he knows there's no military solution to Israel's security crisis as long as the Palestinians remain subject to Israeli occupation. But the provisional statehood idea has received...