Word: arabize
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...have expressed the administration's frustration over what it sees as Arafat's creative ambiguity in relation to terrorism, it has also created the improbable scenario of the Palestinian leader upbraiding the president of the United States on the issue of democracy - and being supported by European and moderate Arab leaders. Britain, Washington's closest international ally, joined with its EU partners Tuesday in welcoming much of Bush's speech but criticizing his call for Arafat's ouster, insisting on the right of the Palestinian people to choose their own leader. Similar responses were heard throughout the Arab world...
...candidate. Bush's attack, which in Palestinian eyes aligns the U.S. intimately with Ariel Sharon, will make it even more difficult for any challenger to Arafat's regime. Arafat won't lose a national election, especially now, and so ousting him will depend on the ability of Arab leaders, working behind the scenes, to get him to stand down...
...Arab Switzerland
...There's nothing in Bush's speech for Arafat (except perhaps the hint that he may want to start looking for a realtor in some distant Arab capital), and little for the Palestinian in the street to hang on to. And for those moderate Arab regimes allied with the United States, the speech is likely to be a bitter disappointment. For the Egyptians, Saudis and Jordanians, the quid-pro-quo for ending the conflict had been an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders. What they got was an exhaustive set of political and security demands on the Palestinians in exchange...
...violence will continue to escalate. And that poses a dilemma for the Bush administration. When Israeli troops made their first incursions into the West Bank in April it threatened Washington's relations with key Arab allies in the war on terror. Al-Qaeda is certainly well aware of the connection, which is why its latest al-Jazeera advertorial tries to paint the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as al-Qaeda's very raison d'?tre. In response to pressure from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the Bush administration has agreed to launch a new diplomatic intervention. But there's little reason...