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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (99)	7/7/2002 1:56:28 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Nadine, I thought that Egypt has good relations with Israel, having signed peace treaties with Israel. There has got to be some other nation besides the US that Israel should consider as someone who is not against them. I know for sure that India and Israel are cooperating between themselves and that India was one of the early nations to recognize the right of Israel to exist. But at the same time, India also recognizes the right of the Palestenians to have their own nation. And similarly, other nations such as Egypt, Jordan etc. who like India have recognized the right of Israel to exist would some time or the other criticize some of Israel's as well as US' actions.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (99)	7/7/2002 5:45:24 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 3959

Nadine, I presume you must have read this news item by now since it is from Haartez daily. I hope this news report is true and we can start to hope for "serious peace" since Arafat has been sent a signal by all that the world means business. And I hope the same of Sharon too. I am sure Shimon Peres has what it takes to manuever it. Egyptian intelligence chief meets PM; Cairo fears anarchy in PA By Aluf Benn and Daniel Sobelman, Ha'aretz Correspondents and Agencies Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Sunday's cabinet meeting. (Photo: AP) The head of Egypt's General Intelligence Agency, Omar Suliman, held meetings Sunday with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. Suliman's visit comes amid growing fears in Egypt of anarchy within the Palestinian Authority. President Mubarak has expressed concern that PA chairman Yasser Arafat's standing among his own people will continue to weaken, and that he will be unable to implement planned reforms. The meeting "comes within the framework of attempts to get out of this standoff, which was created by Israeli policies," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters in Egypt earlier in the day. According to a source close to the Cairo government, the Egyptians were not encouraged by the firing of Jibril Rajoub, head of Palestinian preventive security in the West Bank, who they viewed as a stabilizing figure. Egypt had reached an agreement with Israel and the U.S. whereby it would help reorganize the Palestinian security forces, and Suliman's visit is an expression of the commitment Egypt has made. On the Israeli side, the Egyptian intelligence chief met with Sharon, President Moshe Katsav, Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. The head of the Mossad, Ephraim Levy, accompanied Suliman to all of his meetings with Israeli leaders. Suliman told his Israeli hosts that Egypt is concerned by the situation and wants to help. He said that the Palestinains need to be given hope, and it is still possible that Arafat could help achieve these objectives. Suliman said that the Palestinian leader should not be fought against, and called on Israel to resume its contacts with him. Suliman's Israeli hosts were adamant in their rejection of Egyptian optimism concerning Arafat. "Arafat is a lost cause, both in carrying out reforms and in the diplomatic process," Ben-Eliezer told his Egyptian guest. "The reforms that he carried out are just for show." President Katsav said, "the Palestinian Authority must fight terror and bring and end to the massacre. Then it will be possible to begin peace negotiations." Katsav also spoke of the need to reduce tensions along Israel's nothern border and to rein in Hezbollah, and said that this was the right time for Egypt to return its ambassador to Israel. Peres told Suliman that U.S. President George Bush's plan is "the right plan for the moment." According to the foreign minister, a wide international coalition now exists - including the Arab world and Israel - for such a process, but first of all there must be actions against terror "which delay the process." Israel, PA expected to hold talks in coming days Prime Minister Sharon met Peres earlier in the day to discuss renewing talks between Israel and the PA. Sharon is prepared for a dialogue on "immediate interests" of the two sides, before the full implementation of Palestinian reforms. These interests include Israel's security and easing sanctions on the Palestinian population. Sharon presented two rules for Peres to hold talks. The dialogue must be with the new Palestinian ministers, headed by PA Finance Minister Salam Fayeed, who will oversee the financial and managerial reforms. Sharon also rejected talks with any associates of Yasser Arafat, including the new interior minister Abdel-Razzak al-Yahya. The second rule is that the Peres' talks not touch on diplomatic matters, but only on helping the Palestinian population and rehabilitating the security cooperation between the sides, such as the joint security committee, which no longer functions. haaretzdaily.com