Word: arabize
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Furthermore, suicide bombers must not be regarded as courageous opponents of the occupation when Mosaad, Gaili and Abu-Nimer are the real heroes in the struggle for peace in Israel. As isolated Arab voices crying for resistance to Palestinian terror, they demonstrate real courage. But sadly, these true heroes remain largely unmentioned in mainstream media...
Many on the Israeli left are crying out for a Palestinian partner for peace, for an organization to rally behind voices like Mosaad’s. Israel’s heart has hardened as the bombings have increased. Only a mass Arab condemnation of the bombings would move Israelis to support renewed negotiations and concessions...
Such a protest is unlikely to occur because there is no popular Arab peace movement to organize it. Peace comes through compromise, admission of guilt and self-criticism. Arab progressives need an organization like Peace Now. No such organization exists, and Arab voices of peace are reduced to whispers...
...administration will limit pressure from the White House, and the hawkish pro-Sharon mood on Capitol Hill certainly gives them cause for confidence. The very fact that the administration has waded reluctantly back into the Middle East conflict suggests the depth of the foreign policy crisis. The Arab moderates on whose support Washington must rely for the war against al-Qaeda and any campaign to oust Saddam Hussein are adamant that America's standing in the Arab world - and even the survival of their own pro-Western regimes - depends on a swift and final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...Unlike the Israelis, Arafat's Palestinian and Arab critics are not calling for his ouster, but instead for an overhaul of the institutions of his governance to make him more accountable. As the siege of Ramallah showed, any attempt by the Israelis to sideline Arafat actually has the opposite effect, forcing even his staunchest Palestinian and Arab critics to rally behind him. Moreover, the Bush administration is keenly aware that the political-military crisis that drew the U.S. reluctantly back into Mideast mediation is in no sense reducible to one man, and Washington remains convinced, for now, that Arafat...