Word: arabize
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...Arafat. Bush wants the prime minister to enter negotiations over Palestinian statehood in the West Bank and Gaza, but what Sharon wants is to build buffer zones in those territories and enter only into "long-term interim agreements" - a notion dismissed out of hand by Palestinian and moderate Arab leaders, who have embraced a consensus for peace with Israel on the basis of some version of its 1967 borders. That's a prospect Sharon has ruled out, and Benjamin Netanyahu's challenge from the right for leadership of the Likud party gives him little room to even appear flexible...
...While the end of the siege marks a personal victory for Arafat over Sharon's efforts to sideline him, it also makes the Palestinian leader's political life infinitely more difficult. Arafat will be expected, by the Americans with some degree of support from the Saudis and other moderate Arab leaders, to contain Palestinian rage and crack down on militants even as he tries to rebuild his battered political, administrative and security structures. And despite Arafat's newfound freedom of movement, most West Bank Palestinians are still living under siege - the Israeli army remains encamped around most Palestinian towns, tightly...
...border in exchange for Israeli land elsewhere were inconclusive, as were talks over the refugee issue and the precise terms of sharing sovereignty in Jerusalem - although the two sides agreed in principle to Israeli sovereignty over the city's Jewish neighborhoods and Palestinian sovereignty over its Arab neighborhoods, with the city serving as the capital of both Israel and Palestine...
...Bush on specific demands, he has repeatedly emphasized his rejection of withdrawal to 1967 borders or the removal of settlements. Pressure from his own political base will likely limit the extent to which he can be drawn into a bold search for a solution compatible with Taba and the Arab League's peace plan. And Sharon may be calculating that pressure from Capitol Hill will moderate the demands the U.S. president is able to put on Israel...
...Despite the difficulties and setbacks, there's a mounting sense in diplomatic circles that the common geopolitical interests, and accord among the leadership, of the U.S. and the Arab world in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may have created an unprecedented opportunity to break the logjam. But the extent to which that opportunity is realized may depend, in large part, on how much the Bush administration - and its Arab and Israeli allies - are willing to risk in the traditionally thankless pursuit of Middle East peace...