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LMNOP Palestine resources page: http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP/palestine.htm ---------------------------------------- from The wrap: Powell determined to meet Arafat Ros Taylor 11 April 2002 >>> COLIN POWELL DETERMINED TO MEET ARAFAT Most of the papers wish the US envoy, Colin Powell, well in his mission to the Middle East. Few dare to offer him much advice. The secretary of state - "a soldier rather than a diplomat by training" according to the Guardian - arrives in Jerusalem tonight still determined to meet Yasser Arafat, despite considerable opposition from Ariel Sharon. "I hope that there will be no difficulties in arranging a meeting," Mr Powell said yesterday, in what the Times describes as a "painful admission for the representative of a superpower". But Mr Powell has to realise that "these two tired, tawdry repositories of age-old violence, duplicity and hate" have to go, insists the Guardian. "Alternative interlocutors are urgently needed." Some commentators believe yesterday's suicide bombing in Haifa was an indictment of the Israeli occupation; others, like David Horovitz in the Independent, interpret it as a sign that Mr Sharon's mission is not yet completed. "Why did the bombings recommence yesterday, with a Hamas terrorist from Tulkaram apparently reponsible? Because the army withdrew from Tulkaram 24 hours earlier, under extreme pressure from the Bush administration." Donald MacIntyre tries to get to the bottom of Tony Blair's seemingly perverse refusal to admit to Labour MPs that there will be no attack on Iraq until a Middle Eastern peace process is under way. ("The time for military action in Iraq has not yet arisen," he told an anxious Commons yesterday). The explanation, MacIntyre says, is that he wants to maintain the pressure on Saddam Hussein and make sure UN weapons inspectors can enter the country. The Guardian's Hugo Young is more pessimistic. "Washington alone will decide when to act. Mr Blair's only decision will be whether or not to go along. Place your bets." For the Times, that is reason enough for the prime minister to "return soon to Saddam at considerable length and with absolute consistency". * Israel faces global wrath http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,682188,00.html * Hugo Young: Blair talks big on Iraq, but Bush calls the shots http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,682091,00.html * Independent: This is why the Israelis support Mr Sharon's tactics http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=283686 * Independent: The prime minister and his party are not enjoying their Pinteresque dialogue http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/donald_macintyre/story.jsp?story=283685 ===== Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
