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The Recent Troubles |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / WORLD VIEWS |
| Author: Avi Jorisch |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 1,246 Words, 7,933 Characters |
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Early December greeted the Middle East with a series of suicide attacks carried out by members of the radical Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, killing 36. These attacks must be viewed in the proper historical context.
After the September 11 attacks, as the Bush administration attempted to build a coalition against terror, violence escalated rapidly between Palestinians and Israelis. Despite repeated international calls for peace, the two sides were unable to reach a cease-fire. Against this backdrop, the United States launched a formidable diplomatic campaign, hoping to generate definitive action to end the violence and concentrate on the task at hand--the war against terrorism.
On October 2, President George W. Bush indicated a break with America's previous...
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...0, the European Union issued an unprecedented statement calling on Arafat to dismantle "the terrorist networks" of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and declare an end to the violent uprising.
On December 15, unable to break the cycle of violence, Zinni was recalled from the region for "consultations" in Washington. It is clear that the U.S. envoy has a long and arduous road before him.
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