US MediationIsrael and Palestine
The US would like to believe it is fair and balanced and a fair broker for the conflict. Most of the rest of the world, and especially the Arab street, see things otherwise. Why? What do do we say and do to promote that view? Do we even recognise that we do it?
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Powell Calls on Israel to End Gaza Foray
Yahoo! News - Powell Calls on Israel to End Gaza Foray: "Tue Oct 5, 3:22 PM ET Middle East - AP | By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) called on Israel Tuesday to end its retaliatory foray into Gaza, while U.S. diplomats at the United Nations (news - web sites) tried to derail an Arab resolution designed to end the incursion.
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Sharon undertook Israel's bloodiest incursion into Gaza in four years after a Palestinian rocket attack killed two Israeli children. [bloodiest = 68 Palestinians killed]
Yahoo! News - Powell Calls on Israel to End Gaza Foray: "Tue Oct 5, 3:22 PM ET Middle East - AP | By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) called on Israel Tuesday to end its retaliatory foray into Gaza, while U.S. diplomats at the United Nations (news - web sites) tried to derail an Arab resolution designed to end the incursion.
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Sharon undertook Israel's bloodiest incursion into Gaza in four years after a Palestinian rocket attack killed two Israeli children. [bloodiest = 68 Palestinians killed]
