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

To: Scoobah who wrote (1196)	12/9/2001 5:41:33 PM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Sharon, Peres, Ben-Eliezer approve continued attacks on PA The 'inner cabinet' troika of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer approved Sunday evening the continuation of IDF attacks in Palestinian controlled areas in the West bank and Gaza Strip in response to the wave of Palestinian terror attacks. Security officials told the ministers that the Palestinian Authority is still not acting to foil terror attacks and that it has not yet begun interrogating terror suspects it had arrested. Sharon threatened Sunday morning that Israel could step up military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in retaliation for a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. Speaking to reporters shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the northern city of Haifa, Sharon said: "We have not finished our operations. In light of what is happening, we may have to step up our activities." Zinni threatens to leave; will meet Ben-Eliezer on Monday The Prime Mininster's Office said Sunday evening that a threat by U.S. envoy to the Middle East Anthony Zinni to end his mission in the region and return to the U.S. was directed primarily at the Palestinian side. The ultimatum was given mainly so that the Palestinians would "stop whining and start working," the Prime Minister's Office said. Zinni told Israeli and Palestinian representatives Sunday afternoon that he would leave the region if the two sides did not come to some constructive decisions within the next 48 hours, a Palestinian source reported. The envoy delivered his threat a short time after the beginning of a joint security meeting in Jerusalem and then walked out, the source said. The other participants in the meeting left not longer after Zinni. However, another source familiar with the proceedings told the Associated Press news agency that while the retired Marine Corps general had expressed some impatience, talk of an ultimatum was exaggerated. "The Israelis and Palestinians agreed to continue contacts on security," the U.S. embassy said. "The United States plans to bring the two sides together in the next several days." The meeting was the second of its kind between Israel and the Palestinians in the past few days. The two sides also met Friday in a meeting that an Israeli official described as "difficult." Joint security coordination ended soon after the start of the intifada in September last year. Ben-Eliezer is to meet Zinni on Monday to discuss ways to make his mission succeed.

To: Scoobah who wrote (1196)	12/9/2001 6:24:48 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Israel has no business even responding to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. They are talking to the PA, the PA is the "legal" representative for the Palestinians and it is their job to make or not make offers and negotiate cease fires. As far as Israel is concerned, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are two bands of local mafioso, and should not be "dealt" with but through the long reach of the law. If at all the 1948 lines come back into question, my advice is for the Israeli to respond with the 1922 lines (g). Zeev