ARABS-ISRAEL - Sept. 14 - Sharon Cancels Truce Talks.PM Sharon instructs FM Peres to cancel plans to hold truce talks with Arafat on Sept. 16. Peres says he will continue to press Sharon for approval to hold the talks, adding that failure to maintain a dialogue with Arafat can ultimately harm Washington's efforts to rally Arab states to its call for an international alliance to fight terrorism. He says: "The Americans want Muslim and Arab elements in this coalition, and if the Palestinian issue can be shunted to the side or solved, that's important to them". He notes that US Secretary of State Powell is pushing for the talks. (Powell said on Sept. 14 in Washington: "We believe a meeting is important to get the process started. This conflict isn't going away, and I don't think it's going to be solved by continuing conflict between the two sides... I hope that the conditions will present themselves soon, so that a meeting can begin"). PA Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo accuses Sharon of vetoing the meeting so he could "continue his terrorist war" against the Palestinian people For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, . He adds: "We were prepared to hold the meeting on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (Sept. 16)". A senior Israeli political source says: "Sharon told Peres not to meet Arafat on Sunday because the timing of the talks would hurt Israel". The source apparently refers to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the US and Sharon's biting biting pertaining to the characteristic behavior of performing a bite. biting louse see species of the insect suborder mallophaga. biting midge insects of the family ceratopogonidae. comments the next day about Arafat. Sharon said Arafat had done nothing to rein in to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; - to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive. See also: Rein Rein Palestinian militants and that some of Arafat's security forces participated in attacks on Israelis. He compared Arafat to Osama Bin Ladin, the Saudi exile exile, in politics and government exile, removal of a national from his or her country, or the civilized parts of it, for a long period of time or for life. named as a prime suspect in the attacks on the US. (The emerging argument over the truce talks can heighten height·en v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr. 1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. 2. To make high or higher; raise. v.intr. tensions between Israel and the US at a time when the Sharon government is expected to win greater international understanding for its harsh strikes against Palestinian militants. A diplomatic official says Pres. Bush called Sharon and told him of his intention to build an international coalition to fight terrorism. He also urged Sharon to support truce talks. The official says Bush likely views progress on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a key element to building an anti-terrorism coalition that would include moderate Arab states such as Egypt and Jordan). Referring to Sharon's comments about Arafat, Peres said: "The alternative to Arafat would pose more difficulties for Israel. It's the Bin Ladin camp, the Iranian camp, the Hamas camp and the Islamic Jihad Noun 1. Islamic Jihad - a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon camp. I truly see a difference between that camp and the Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestinian National Authority, interim self-government body responsible for areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian control. ". |
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