Word: statehooder
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...fate of the Palestinians has never been a primary strategic concern for al-Qaeda. Nor, for that matter, has the pursuit of Palestinian statehood traditionally been a strategic priority for Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. And yet, today, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict not only dominates al-Qaeda's propaganda; it also dominates the diplomatic agenda of America's moderate Arab allies. The reason is simply that both sides recognize the emotional power of the Israeli-Palestinian issue to rally the Arab street. Mounting anger over violence in the West Bank and Gaza has created a domestic political crisis for Egypt...
...peace in the Middle East. President Bush called on the Palestinians "to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror." He went on to say, "when the Palestinian people have new leaders, institutions and security arrangements, the United States will support the creation of a Palestinian state." Permanent statehood would come only after talks on the main divisive issues: borders, Jerusalem and the future of the Palestinian refugees. Israel would have to stop building settlements in the West Bank and withdraw its troops to positions they held before the current intifadeh began in September 2000. Bush mentioned no sanctions...
...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...
...Ariel Sharon is expected at the White House next week, where President Bush will press him to start negotiating the terms of Palestinian statehood. Sharon says he's ready to offer what he considers a far-reaching plan. But the central committee of Sharon's own Likud Party - the majority of whose members want former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rather than Sharon as their candidate in the next election - is having none of it. The party committee looks set to adopt a resolution two weeks from now rejecting any Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. And Netanyahu...
...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...