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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (4369)	3/1/2004 7:20:39 PM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 22250

Israeli officials meet Rice, Powell on compensation for disengagement plan By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent Israeli officials met Monday with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell and other officials to discuss Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "disengagement plan," and what Israel will get in exchange from the United States for the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Israeli team - led by the prime minister's bureau chief Dov Weisglass, and including national security advisor Giora Eiland, Ambassador Dan Ayalon, military secretary Yoav Gallant, and diplomatic advisor Shalom Turjiman - met with Rice and her aides for some three hours in the White House. A separate meeting was held with Powell. At the end of the discussions, it was decided to hold a round of additional talks ahead of Sharon's visit to Washington, which is expected to be held at the end of March. Sharon is asking for a written agreement with the U.S., according to which it will not be demanded of Israel that it hold negotiations on any diplomatic plan, until a change in the Palestinian leadership, and furthermore that Israel be allowed to build in the settlement blocs of Ariel, Gush Etzion and Ma'aleh Adumim, which are intended to be annexed in the future. In exchange, Israel will evacuate the settlements and move the route of the separation fence closer to the Green Line. haaretz.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (4369)	3/9/2004 4:02:44 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 22250

<<< ... I was chatting with my new office mate, a career civil servant working the Egypt desk. As the conversation moved into Middle East news and politics, she mentioned that if I wanted to be successful here, I shouldn’t say anything positive about the Palestinians. In 19 years of military service, I had never heard such a politically laden warning on such an obscure topic to such an inconsequential player ... >>> In Rumsfeld’s Shop A senior Air Force officer watches as the neocons consolidate their Pentagon coup. By Karen Kwiatkowski December 1, 2003 amconmag.com