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...force demolished a Palestinian police station in Ramallah in retaliation for the latest terrorist outrage in Jerusalem, U.S. Air Force F-16s bombed Iraqi air defense sites. This came at a time when Saddam Hussein has been doing his utmost, with considerable success, to paint himself as the Arab savior of the Palestinians and his American foes as the as the co-conspirator of the Israelis. Whatever damage the air raids did to Iraqi air defenses may be more than compensated for in the political dividend for Saddam...
...appealing as such a course might be to an Israeli public whose nerves are frayed by the endless violence, it carries even more serious dangers. Going in to destroy the PA would leave Israel dangerously isolated in the international community, and raise the pressure for retaliation in the surrounding Arab states...
...Palestinians had been to settle Palestinian political claims against Israel and create a basis for stable coexistence between two states. A unilateral "divorce" would leave many of those claims unresolved, and create a Palestinian state that served simply as a platform for war against Israel. Indeed, the only Arab leader to have made any gains from the intifada has been Saddam Hussein, who has styled himself the savior of the Palestinians, not least through substantial financial contributions to families of sons "martyred" in the intifada. Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian group who claimed responsibility for Thursday's carnage in Jerusalem, actually...
...Middle East: D When Bush promised on the campaign trail to strengthen support for Israel, rebuild ties with Washington's Arab allies and put new pressure on Saddam Hussein, it was obvious to any Middle East observer that he was writing a hot check. The stronger Washington's support for Israel in the current violence, the more difficult it becomes to rebuild ties with Arab moderates or rally support against Iraq. To be fair, Washington has very little to work with following the collapse of the peace process. But the perception that the Bush administration is staying on the sidelines...
...challenger for the party leadership, Benjamin Netanyahu) who are urging an all-out offensive designed to destroy the Palestinian Authority and force the PLO leadership back into exile. Sharon knows this would seriously jeopardize Israel's international position, and could even irrevocably destabilize its relations with its Arab neighbors. And the result would simply be to clear the playing field of those Palestinian leaders who had originally championed the peace process and have been engaged with Israel and the West over the past decade, leaving behind only the implacable militants to continue their Lebanon-style war of attrition...