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...Israel," says Texas pastor John Hagee, who broadcasts his message on more than 230 TV and radio stations nationwide. Robertson told CNN that Bush's Evangelical support is "wavering a little bit" and that Bush made "a big mistake" by allowing Powell to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Falwell claims that for Christian conservatives, Israel's security and abortion are the two issues "that surpass all human alliances and friendships"--even with a President they helped elect. The Administration can't afford to ignore that kind of talk. Bush aides keep "a very tight finger on the pulse...
...amazed at the hypocrisy of the American approach to terrorists [WORLD, April 15]. Would President Bush have negotiated with the enemy for the custody of Osama bin Laden or other al-Qaeda fighters? No. Then why does Bush expect Israel to negotiate with Yasser Arafat? SANDEEP SHOUCHE Westmont...
...concern may be how Israel's recent military action suddenly rekindled tensions between his subjects of Palestinian origin, who make up two-thirds of Jordan's 5.2 million people, and the so-called East Bankers of Bedouin stock who form the backbone of Hashemite rule. Protests in support of Yasser Arafat led to attacks on cars and shops, making East Bankers worried they were losing control. Upset that Abdullah refused to break relations with Israel, Palestinians in refugee camps pelted Jordanian police with rocks and taunts of being "Jews" loyal to Israel...
President Bush's Middle East agenda requires that he get Ariel Sharon talking, when they meet today, about moving into fast-track negotiations over creating a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Sharon's agenda is plainly quite different: He wants to talk about Yasser Arafat's links to violence and about remaking the Palestinian Authority to Israel's specifications, about a long-term armistice (rather than a fast-track peace) and about investing heavily in constructing Israeli military buffer zones in the West Bank and Gaza rather than preparing to withdraw, as Bush has urged, to "internationally...
...With Yasser Arafat re-leased from his month-long confinement in Ramallah and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon set to visit Washington for talks this week with President Bush, the Middle East crisis is on the verge of a new round of diplomatic struggle. Israeli officials tell Time that Sharon, hoping to pre-empt U.S. and Saudi initiatives, will make a new concession on Palestinian statehood, conditioned on "serious, concrete and continued steps against terrorism" by Arafat. Israeli officials say the concession will involve a new map for a potential Palestinian state. U.S. officials say they won't know...