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...soon-departed Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, University President Lawrence H. Summers is like Ariel Sharon (News, “West Blasts Summers, Says Gates Likely To Go,” April 16). To complete the analogy, what does that make Prof. West? Yasser Arafat...
...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 by the end of this week. But what the Israeli leader means by withdrawal is unlikely...
...while the Harvard students in attendance said the rally urged the Bush administration to support Israel and refuse negotiations with the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, the overwhelming call of the rally was for peace in Israel...
Around the world, government officials and diplomats are worried over the health and safety of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat. As a result of Israel’s occupation of his headquarters in Ramallah, Arafat has been isolated on a single floor, at times without electricity. The photograph of Arafat, sitting in the dark, with cell phone in hand and sidearm on the desk before him, makes one wonder if perhaps the stalwart leader of the Palestinian national movement hasn’t finally backed himself into a corner from which no escape is possible. On the heels...
Through it all, the world somehow cries out for Yasser Arafat, and lauds him as peacemaker and statesman. Why? The Israeli populace does not trust him and has no faith that he will make serious concessions or uphold his end of any agreement. The Palestinian people, constantly fed visions of bloody glory and victory, were never led to a position where peace and compromise were possible...