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Your article on what makes Yasser Arafat tick [WORLD, Feb. 26] captured the essence of what has made negotiating for peace in the Middle East so difficult: The immense pressure by Israel and the U.S. on the Palestinian Authority to agree to a settlement that defies the most basic aspirations of its people and leaves a future Palestinian state hobbled and impossible to manage. Bravo on an excellent and responsible piece of reporting! MAZ JADALLAH New York City
...Sharon also wants to change the U.S. attitude to Yasser Arafat. The Israelis are very frustrated that the international community looks at Arafat as some kind of Nelson Mandela figure. Because Arafat doesn't behave like Mandela. The Israelis want Arafat to be judged by his actions, and that there should be fewer carrots and more sticks in the way the international community deals with...
ROAD SHOW On his first trip as U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell dashed through six countries in four days. Despite high-level meetings (with Yasser Arafat and others) on delicate topics (Iraqi sanctions and others), he remained the quintessence of calm. Illustration for TIME by Michelle Chang...
...watch his back. Mikhail Gorbachev won in 1990 and was tossed into oblivion in 1991. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were honored in 1973 for negotiating to end the Vietnam War - which didn't end until 1975, on terms hardly flattering to Kissinger. Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat were the winners in 1994; Rabin was assassinated, Arafat is embattled, and peace in the Middle East is becoming even more remote...
...making common cause with Sharon, even the leaders of Israel's largest peace party have agreed to take a time-out from the peace process that has defined Israeli-Palestinian relations over the past decade. And while that may leave Yasser Arafat in a state of consternation, it's just fine with most Israelis, who no longer trust the Palestinian leader. But the tactical options facing Sharon's government in dealing with the ongoing intifada are limited. Its ability to raise the level of violence used by its soldiers on the ground is limited by international and regional diplomatic considerations...