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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (154)	11/11/2001 2:07:42 PM
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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (154)	11/11/2001 6:50:29 PM
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Arafat has got to be Josef Goebells long lost son: haaretzdaily.com Powell soon to present U.S. principles to advance peace process By Ha'aretz Service and Agencies Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat accused Israel of ethnic cleansing in the territories and repeated his call for the international community to send peacekeepers to the area, during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sunday. "The Israeli government is employing state terror against the Palestinians, using fighter-planes, helicopter gunships, tanks, naval vessels and weapons forbidden by international conventions," said Arafat. "We call on the international community to end this war and to send observers to protect our people from the ethnic cleansing being carried out by Israel." "Peace will not be achieved without international intervention," Arafat added. In his address, Arafat also welcomed U.S. support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and called for U.S. mediation to turn that vision into reality. "I would like to express my deepest appreciation," he said. "We welcome the positive positions declared by President George Bush and other leaders who have called for the establishment of the Palestinian state. He also said that it was no longer possible to reach interim agreements between Israel and the Palestinians as suggested by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "I will candidly say to you that reviving the peace process will not be possible, after everything that has happened, through interim solutions. It is impossible, of course, to achieve through interim agreement." Peres: Powell to present U.S. principles to advance peace process A few hours earlier, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will present the United States' principles for advancing the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Peres made the comments after meeting with his American counterpart in New York. Powell met with Arafat later, and also met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara. Peres said Powell would not be presenting a detailed plan, but rather a declaration of positions. An Israeli official, who asked not to be identified, said Powell did not present Peres with a comprehensive peace plan and that Washington was stepping up the pressure on Arafat. "Now the world demands from Arafat to act according to his statements against terrorism and now he must prove it," Peres told his aides after the meeting, the official said While Peres had talks with Powell, Arafat met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, officials said. An Israeli official said that Peres and Arafat would not be able to meet. In a revived American effort to jumpstart the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Powell is meeting the two to discuss implementing a cease-fire based initially on the document brokered by CIA Director George Tenet and followed by the steps set out in the Mitchell Report. Condoleeza Rice: No plans for Bush-Arafat meeting Even a brief encounter between the Palestinian Authority Chairman and President Bush appeared to be out of the question. "We have no plans to meet with Chairman Arafat," Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, told ABC. "The president has always said that he will use his meetings to advance causes, not just for the sake of meetings," she said on the "This Week" program. Bush's refusal to meet Arafat in New York has shocked Arab commentators, who say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict urgently needs a heavy dose of U.S. mediation, especially when the United States is trying to win Arab support for its campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Rice repeated the U.S. position that Bush would not see Arafat until Washington was satisfied Arafat had done enough to crack down on Palestinians trying to attack Israelis. "We need to see action from Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority," she told ABC. "Until there is a real effort at the cessation of terrorism, it's going to be very hard to get the peace process going." "Secretary of State Powell is seeking an opportunity and will likely meet with Chairman Arafat sometime while he's here in New York, and so this is moving along," she added.