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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: "SHARON SAYS ARAFAT'S PEACE CALL HAS NOT REDUCED VIOLENCE"
At least the headline is accurate.
Today's right-wing, and generally pro-Israel, LONDON TELEGRAPH reports the "ceasefire called by Yasser Arafat came under strain yesterday after the Israeli army shot dead three Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, provoking calls for revenge."The TELEGRAPH noted an additional strain, the result of a ban imposed by Israeli authorities on a Palestinian reception in Jerusalem, marking Eid-ul-Fitr, a Muslim feastday at the conclusion of Ramadan. Today's LOS ANGELES TIMES described the banned event as "a reception for foreign diplomats and Palestinian dignitaries."
The would-be host, Sari Nusseibeh, is often described as a "moderate" by the Western media, and not without reason. It seems he declared the Palestinian "right of return" unrealistic. Not exactly the sort of person one finds in the starting line-up of terrorists.No matter. As the TELEGRAPH reports: "The Israeli public security minister, Uzi Landau, banned the reception on the grounds that any Palestinian activity in Jerusalem--even a feast--would undermine Israeli sovereignty in the disputed city and was therefore a form of 'terrorism.'" Prof. Nusseibeh was arrested.
The punchline of this darkly humorous episode: Nusseibeh said that Israelis would have been perfectly welcome to attend his gathering. And some did...to take him into custody. Fortunately he was only detained and interrogated for an hour.[END NOTE: More dark humor, this time from Colin Powell. The headline of another AP report reads: "Powell assures Arafat of positive Israeli response." Ariel Sharon's response to Arafat's televised address was to tell reporters that it wasn't worth watching.] ______________________________
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