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Israel has continually sought a peaceful and just settlement to the Palestinian problem. Unfortunately, as the events of the last year have shown, Yasir Arafat is an unreliable partner. With no one to secure a settlement with, Israel is forced to rely on her army to protect her citizens. This is not an apartheid or racist tactic; rather it is merely a reflection of reality under terrorist attack...
...ample proof of why Israel has not been able to lift road closures and checkpoints. The very same day that the Israeli army eased closures in the Gaza Strip as arranged by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, two Hamas terrorists infiltrated a Jewish settlement and killed two Israeli teenagers. In exchange for the lifting of roadblocks, Arafat was supposed to clamp down on Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Israeli intelligence claims that Arafat had prior knowledge of the Hamas attack but did nothing to prevent...
...Besides leaning on both Sharon and Arafat to make their cease-fire agreement stick, the Bush administration has also for the first time sketched some of the broad principles for a long-term political settlement to the conflict. Elements of that outline, which was to have been unveiled in a U.N. speech by Secretary Powell that was postponed after Sept. 11 and is now expected to be released next month, were reported in the Israeli media this week...
...Palestine as Palestinian, which would presumably limit the return of Palestinian refugees to Israel and also the presence of Israeli settlers in what would become Palestine; and A reiteration of U.N. Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 and the Oslo Accords as the basis of any future political settlement...
TIME: Don't you really mean "change" the policy? Moussa: The assumption that Arabs will accept an Israeli version of peace is a wrong assumption. [Not] Yasser Arafat nor any Palestinian leader will dare sign one document interpreted as a surrender. What is possible is a fair settlement, according to U.N. Resolution 242. Who led the drive toward peace in accordance with certain principles? The United States. It should continue...