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...basis for all Arab-Israeli peace negotiations in the last three decades has been U.N. Security Resolution 242, passed after the Six Day War, in which Israel won and occupied several pieces of territory from its neighbors, including East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, as well as Gaza Strip. Against these gains, Resolution 242 bases its conclusions on the “inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war.” In other words, might does not make right. Resolution 242 calls unequivocally for the “withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories occupied...
...depletion of his waning control over events. And, of course, Sharon must be hoping for a quick response to the Israeli escalation, because the fallout from air strikes and shelling in Palestinian areas is likely to weaken Israel's diplomatic position and increase pressure on the U.S. from moderate Arab regimes to urge Israeli restraint...
...Iraq and an accounting of some 600 missing Kuwaiti pows. "If sanctions aren't lifted," threatened Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, "no Kuwaiti should sleep well at night." This is the other face of Saddam, one that will keep him in his box for a while. Arab leaders so willing to lift the sanctions have no real love for Saddam. Arabs paying homage to Iraq are not rehabilitating Saddam but appeasing public opinion, grudgingly acknowledging political and economic realities...
...thumbing his nose, Saddam unintentionally breathed life into U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's efforts to rally Arab leaders around a revamped policy of containing Saddam. The summit signaled that there may be common ground on the eventual need to lift sanctions that hurt Iraqi citizens, yet at the same time to keep watch on Saddam's military expansion. Arab allies may continue to complain about U.S. air strikes in defense of "no-fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq. But Kuwaiti and Saudi officials seem in no hurry to close the U.S. air bases in their countries. Containment...
...Last week, the assembled leaders relished a new era in Arab relations, holding a non-emergency summit for the first time in 14 years. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pitched a tent outside a palace and visited a donut shop during a surprise walkabout. A rumor swirled around Amman that Saddam himself was planning to attend. It would have made an electrifying appearance. But he failed to show...