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Mix-Ansicht- President Bush Invites PM Sharon to Washington on February 7 - black elk, 25.01.2002, 09:56
President Bush Invites PM Sharon to Washington on February 7
DEBKAfile’s political sources note that what really aggravates his opponents is Sharon’s confident air, produced by the strongest backing any Israeli prime minister has ever received from Washington. He knows, and so do they, that he is safe in pursuing his siege tactics against Arafat for as long as he does not take it all the way and eliminate the Palestinian leader.
This US support is not personally-motivated. Sharon is one of the lynchpins of the Bush administration’s projected post-Afghanistan global redesign for the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Asia Minor, Central and Southwest Asia, while Arafat is viewed as an impediment. Washington therefore cheers Sharon’s efforts to undermine the Palestinian leader, as long as he treads with care and is closely coordinated with the US government - which means not sending the Israeli army into a bloody trap in a Palestinian refugee camp.
With George W. Bush looking firm on a course that ought to take him to a second term as president, Ariel Sharon can also afford to feel optimistic about his chances in Israel’s next general election next year - for as long as he watches where he is treading.
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quelle: debka.com (auch in hebräischer version lieferbar)
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