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...statehood. Two days later, Abdullah personally phoned Bush to lobby for specifics. The Bush speech ultimately dodged the border issue, and though it did call for a Palestinian state within three years, it made clear that any progress toward that goal would have to come after the removal of Yasser Arafat and the emergence of new Palestinian leaders untainted by terrorism...
...Qassem II rockets and exported the know-how from Gaza to the West Bank, according to Israeli security officials. But he may prove an even more lethal force in death. In the days before his assassination, relatively moderate Hamas leaders in Gaza were secretly talking to senior officials in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Palestinian officials close to Arafat say the Palestinian leader wanted to calm the violence because he felt it was undermining his global stature. The Hamas leaders were considering a brief truce, but the rage caused by the death of Shehadah and the civilians around him ended...
...statehood. Two days later, Abdullah personally phoned Bush to lobby for specifics. The Bush speech ultimately dodged the border issue, and though it did call for a Palestinian state within three years, it made clear that any progress toward that goal would have to come after the removal of Yasser Arafat and the emergence of new Palestinian leaders untainted by terrorism...
...imposing a curfew on the Palestinian population has not destroyed the militants' ability to strike. The gunmen, dressed in Israeli military uniform, set off a roadside bomb, which halted the bus, and then gunned down the passengers as they fled. Two groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Yasser Arafat's Fatah bloc, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - claimed responsibility for the bus attack. IRELAND Apology to Civilians The I.R.A. made an unprecedented and unexpected statement of apology to the more than 600 "noncombatants" it killed in its campaign to unite Ireland. The statement said that...
...Still, there's little in the Quartet discussions that offers much prospect of any change in the situation. Prime Minister Sharon has made clear that Israel has no interest in political negotiations as long as Yasser Arafat is around - a position now backed by the Bush administration - but Arafat is going nowhere fast. New Palestinian elections have been called for early next year, but the Palestinians have insisted that no poll can be held as long as Israel's army holds West Bank cities under siege. But the Israelis say they aren't going anywhere until those elections have been...