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Israel's move into Palestinian territories Tuesday could be mistaken for a full-blown invasion. But despite launching the biggest military operation since the Lebanon war began 20 years ago, Israel has made clear that the offensive will end when Bush administration envoy General Anthony Zinni arrives later this week. And it is Zinni's visit - as part of the renewed U.S. cease-fire effort designed to court Arab support for action against Iraq - that has Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon at once making gestures towards a truce and escalating military activity...
...bombings from Palestinians. Dozens died last Friday, the bloodiest day since the intifadeh began. As casualties mounted, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon conceded that cease-fire negotiations would have to take place without the seven-day period of total calm that he had demanded. The U.S. said that envoy Anthony Zinni would return to the region this week for another attempt at brokering peace...
President Bush's decision to send General Anthony Zinni back to the Middle East is good news for Yasser Arafat, bad news (with a silver lining) for Ariel Sharon and a portent of doom for Saddam Hussein. The move came at the end of the bloodiest week of a 17-month intifada that has so far claimed more than 1,000 Palestinian lives and some 300 Israelis. More than 100 people died just this week as each side sought to ratchet up military pressure to force the other to submit...
...Palestinian Authority welcomes the prospect of Zinni's return - and Arafat's de facto rehabilitation. But the prospect of a renewed cease-fire may present new problems for Arafat. The Palestinian leader's domestic popularity has surged amid the recent violence, which has blurred differences between various Palestinian factions. A cease-fire could cause those differences to return to the forefront...
...While both sides will warmly welcome Zinni when he arrives in the region late next week, few give him much chance of brokering a new cease-fire that sticks. The current violence remains carefully calibrated by two sides who know they'll inevitably face each other over the negotiating table again. But neither side appears to have yet exhausted its capacity for upping the ante. What has changed is the Bush administration's diplomatic priorities, given its focus on going after Saddam Hussein. As Vice President Cheney heads out to recruit support for action against Iraq, an administration pilloried...