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...substantive not for lack of trying, but because the Bush administration lacks a coherent policy on the conflict. Powell's summary of the situation upon his departure Wednesday was telling in its similarity to what it was when he arrived: There won't be a cease-fire until Israel withdraws its troops from Palestinian cities, but Ariel Sharon plans to do that soon; Yasser Arafat needs to do a lot more to rein in terrorism. Sharon had, in fact, indicated last weekend that his troops would withdraw from most West Bank cities except Ramallah and Bethlehem...
...from Bush administration hawks for his efforts to take Arafat out of the political equation - and by the mounting domestic political pressure on President Bush to ease up on the Israeli leader and refrain from pressing him to negotiate with his Palestinian counterpart - Sharon told the U.S. he'd withdraw on his own time, and on his own terms...
...Palestinian officials, for their part, chose to hear mostly the Bush administration's demand that Israel withdraw its forces immediately and its support for U.N. resolutions to that effect. And they refused to heed Washington's entreaties for a cease-fire in the absence of Israeli compliance. Palestinian officials on Wednesday angrily chided Washington for caving in to Sharon after demanding more than a week ago to withdraw from Palestinian cities "without delay." And they appealed for Arab support, knowing that it was pressure from Washington's moderate Arab allies that forced the Bush administration to enter the fray...
...have been the beginning of a realistic policy. The main problem now is that no one knows what happens next. Arafat quickly accepted the President's proposal "without condition," as his spokesman said, but few believe he can control all the suicide bombers. Sharon pledged to withdraw from the Palestinian cities, but he seemed in a bigger hurry to mop up every potential terrorist and perhaps dismantle what was left of the civilian Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The death toll for the week rose to more than 100, with Israeli soldiers tightening their grip around Manger Square, where...
...Colin Powell the setbacks came almost hourly on Friday. First, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made it clear that Israel had no intention of complying with the Bush administration's call for it to withdraw its army from West Bank towns "without delay." Israel would withdraw only when its mission to "uproot terror" had been completed, said Sharon, and he expressed hope that the operation would be finished soon...