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Some in the Arab world are dismayed by Garner's selection. They note that in October 2000, soon after the start of the latest Palestinian uprising, Garner signed a statement blaming Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority for orchestrating the violence. The statement had been prepared by the Washington-based Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, which had earlier paid to take Garner and other U.S. officers to Israel for security briefings. In civilian life Garner was president of SYColeman, a defense contractor that helped Israel develop its Arrow missile-defense system...
...Team All-Americans last season, but their apparent demotion reflects more on the current state of college squash than on their play. Only one 2001-02 First-Team All-American—Trinity’s Rohan Bhappu—graduated, while three freshmen, including Broadbent and intercollegiate champion Yasser El-Halaby of Princeton, were named to this year’s team...
...true that Colin Powell was allowed to be diplomatic at the U.N. last fall, negotiating a unanimous vote on Security Council Resolution 1441, but that was an exception. Powell's bolder attempts at diplomacy - the attempt to negotiate with North Korea in 2001 and with Yasser Arafat in 2002 - have been thwarted by the White House. Arrogance has filled the vacuum. Significant allies like Turkey are bullied or bribed, or both; they are not consulted and not listened to. Even when the President says he wants to achieve a diplomatic solution, as in North Korea, he does so undiplomatically, against...
...moderate Palestinian leaders willing to conclude a peace deal with Israel is questionable - or at least conditional upon what Israel offers by way of a political solution. There is certainly a strong reform movement in Palestinian society that seeks to be rid of the corrupt and inept administration of Yasser Arafat. But its strongest element has been the West Bank and Gaza militants who waged the first intifada from 1987 to 1991; were sidelined as Arafat and his coterie of Tunis-based exiles took over following the Oslo agreements; and then launched the second intifada when Oslo hit a wall...
Patterson closed out his career with a victory over Trinity’s Jacques Swanipoel. Patterson then faced the eventual tournament champion, Princeton’s Yasser El-Halaby, turning in a gritty performance in losing in three games...