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Director of the Harvard International Office (HIO) Sharon Ladd said her office has been working to comply with newly-enforced requirements that all educational institutions register international students in a national online database called SEVIS...
...After Sharon called Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat “irrelevant,” the U.S. had pushed for the appointment of a Palestinian prime minister who would crack down on terror and restart negotiations. The choice of reformer Mahmoud Abbas (known as Abu Mazen) offers great hope that Arafat will be sidelined, opening avenues for new leaders to negotiate with Israel. If Abu Mazen is able to gain approval for his cabinet, the Bush Administration has said it will publish the “road map” which describes the series of steps for Israelis and Palestinians...
...Sharon seems determined to torpedo the road map before formal negotiations even get underway. In the interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Sharon offered to make “painful concessions” on settlements—but in the same interview, and in an Israeli cabinet meeting just over a week ago, he said settlement discussions would be left until the final status negotiations. Yet Sharon says that the Palestinians must compromise on the right of return for refugees “right from the outset...
There is no question that Sharon drives a hard bargain, and perhaps he is just posturing to get Israel a better deal in the end. But if he holds to the line that Israel will not move on settlements until the last phase of negotiations, his offer of “painful concessions” will be revealed as little more than a bald attempt to score P.R. points with the U.S. while ensuring that those concessions will never actually need to be made...
Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen is generally perceived as a moderate and has earned some credibility by fighting for a reformist cabinet that intends to depose several Arafat cronies. Sharon, on the other hand, could hardly be more of a hawk; many see him as a war criminal for his indirect responsibility for the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon, and he has always been a staunch supporter of settlements. It is time for Sharon to make a meaningful concession to show Palestinians that a leader committed to peace, as Abu Mazen seems to be, can extract real compromise from...