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In
the Press This Week
Palestine
Erupts
(June 7 2003 – June
14 2003)
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By
V&A Editorial Staff
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14/06/2003
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From
The New York Times
(June
12 2003)
But
the gravest political damage is being done by Israel's prime minister,
Ariel Sharon, whose reflexive military responses to terror threatens to
undermine the authority of Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate new Palestinian
prime minister...
If
it is not evident to Mr. Sharon by now that military reprisals alone can
never bring Israel security from suicide bombers, the White House must do
all it can to help him understand…
Downward
Spiral in the Mideast
From
The Independent
(June
14 2003)
[A]n
opinion poll published yesterday … found that 67 per cent of Israelis
want the assassinations to stop, at least temporarily, to give the peace
process a chance…
The
United States called once again for restraint from Israel, its previous
calls having apparently fallen on deaf ears…
Assassinations
are becoming so frequent in the Gaza Strip that Gazans flee their cars
when they hear a helicopter coming…
[Y]esterday's
poll for Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper found that 40 per cent of Israelis
believe Mr Sharon ordered the assassination in a deliberate attempt to
sabotage the road-map and wreck the peace process.
Many
innocent bystanders, including children, have been killed in this week's
assassinations, in which Israeli helicopters have fired into civilian
areas with abandon…
In
one assassination earlier this week, Palestinian witnesses said the
Israeli helicopter had fired a second time into a crowd of civilians who
gathered to help the wounded.
Israel
defies restraint plea with new strike on Hamas
From
The Guardian
(June 14 2003)
Israel
fired missiles into Gaza again last night as the White House tried to
forestall the escalation of its war with Hamas at the end of one of the
bloodiest weeks of recent times.
One
man died and 32 Palestinians, including 10 children, were reported
injured, when a helicopter gunship fired missiles at a car...
A
newspaper poll showed that the majority of Israelis supported the
Palestinian leadership's efforts to get Hamas to stop its attacks: 58%
said they wanted Mr Sharon to call off the assassinations to give Abu
Mazen time to get an agreement with Hamas…
Missiles
hit Gaza again despite US efforts to keep lid on crisis
From
The Washington Post
(June 14 2003)
President
Bush's spokesman today said the administration did not oppose Israel's
strikes on Hamas militants in the Palestinian territories, sharply
reversing the president's criticism of such actions this week.
"The
issue is not Israel," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer
said… "No one can let the terrorists get away with killing."
Fleischer expressed sympathy for the Jewish state, saying it was "in
a very dangerous time because of the terrorist attacks against
Israel…"
"The
issue is not Israel, the issue is not Prime Minister Abbas, the issue is
not the Palestinian Authority." he said. "The issue is the
terrorists, Hamas and others."
Fleischer
said the administration was not calling on Israel to stop its attacks.
"Once the terrorism goes down, there won't be a need for Israel to
respond to terror," he said.
U.S.
Doesn't Condemn Strikes by Israelis
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