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...pessimistic about peace between the Palestinians and Israel. The Palestinians have been betrayed by their leaders as well as the heads of neighboring Arab nations. They have been lied to and told they could destroy Israel by continual enmity, by sniping attacks, by suicide missions. They have even been persuaded to sacrifice their children in order to win sympathy in the media. DAVID CARVER San Jose, Calif...
...each side. There are few signs that either side is taking to the bank a truce that neither embraced with much enthusiasm. But Powell was there under sufferance, doing his best to lower expectations and never hiding the fact that his trip came in response to calls from moderate Arab states and other U.S. allies for Washington to do more to keep a lid on the conflict. Failure of the cease-fire will simply vindicate his initial caution and skepticism over the wisdom of the Bush administration trying to play referee...
...course, it's important to remember that part of the success may simply be in showing up, because Powell is taking this trip in no small part to reassure U.S. allies in the Arab world that the Bush administration is seriously engaged with the Israeli-Palestinian situation...
...much as anything, he'll be going there as a signal to the other actors on the sidelines of the conflict - the moderate Arab governments and the Europeans - that Washington is really serious about getting involved in this, and that they should each do their part to try and make the cease-fire hold. I don't think Powell has any major game plan except for pressing for a timetable for implementing the Mitchell Report recommendations. And of course the Palestinians believe the U.S. has a stricter interpretation of Mitchell than Sharon does. But Sharon is going around saying Washington...
Religious tolerance in our country isn't a political fashion," Moroccans like to say, "it's simply the way we live." André Azoulay illustrates the point. A counselor to King Mohammed VI, he is the only Jew who holds an influential position anywhere in the Arab world. Through history, Moroccan kings and sultans officially "protected" Jews and hired "court Jews" at the palace. But Azoulay, the palace makes clear, is on the payroll as an able patriot, not as a recipient of religious patronage...