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Finally, America needs to do a much better job making the case in the Arab media to Muslims that America represents an alternative to religious extremism and despotism. Aiding Turkey would improve our argument (and serve our more immediate interests) immensely, a crucial step toward truly winning the war on terror...
Israeli-Palestinian violence flared anew Friday, amid growing Arab frustration over what they see as the Bush administration's failure to restrain Ariel Sharon. Twelve Palestinians have been killed in clashes in Gaza since Thursday night, as gunmen have launched new attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers there, and Israeli tanks invaded the Rafah refugee camp. Gaza had been relatively quiet over the past month as violence raged on the West Bank, but Palestinian leaders there may be inclined to take the initiative right now, which would stoke the regional political fires that first forced the Bush administration to intervene...
...wake what the Israeli daily Haaretz called "a dangerous vacuum" - no substantial movement toward ending the current violent standoff in the West Bank, and vague talk about a regional peace conference that has been skeptically received on both sides of the divide. Powell's efforts to reassure Washington's Arab allies of America's bona fides as a peace broker weren't helped by President Bush's remarks Thursday certifying that Ariel Sharon was in compliance with U.S. demands. Although Israel has withdrawn its troops from inside a number of West Bank towns, they remain deployed in self-declared "buffer...
...Arab and European eyes, President Bush simply caved in to an Israeli leader who walked him back from demanding an end to incursions "without delay" to proclaiming victory because "[Sharon] gave me a timetable and he met the timetable...
...apparent endorsement of Sharon's moves in President Bush's remarks has infuriated the very Arab moderates whose demands for action had helped spur the administration to send Powell in the first place. Arab leaders increasingly believe that Washington is supporting the hawkish line of Prime Minister Sharon. President Bush's confidence in Sharon as a "man of peace" is not shared by Washington's Arab allies, and doubts over whether Sharon's actions are guided by any long-term program for peace are shared by many Israelis, all the way up to cabinet level. The Bush administration sees Arafat...