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GETTING INTO THE FRAY from page 14
Powell also offered fulsome praise
for the U.S.-Israel relationship, seen as
an affirmation to nervous Israelis that
U.S. support for Israel has not been
undermined by the courting of Arab
countries for the U.S. campaign
against Osama bin Laden.
"The reaffirmation of the special
relationship was the most explicit
we've heard in a long time," Hoenlein
said.
By all accounts, Powell threaded
thin needles very carefully. He called
for international monitors — some-
thing Palestinian have sought and
Israel has opposed — but only if
approved by both parties. He men-
tioned the future of Jerusalem and the
"right of return" for Palestinian
refugees, but only as examples of the
need for understanding and negotia-
tion.
In addition, noted Rep. Gary
Ackerman, D-N.Y., Powell did not
discuss Israel's assassination of suspect-
ed Palestinian terror leaders. The State
Department has criticized that policy,
which Ackerman and others defend.
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Powell also avoided discussing whether
Israel should waive its demand for a
week without violence before it
approaches the negotiating table, as
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
insists. Powell agreed to Sharon's con-
dition when it was first made last
summer, and Sharon has said that he
will not budge.
The question remains, however,
whether the speech will finally catalyze
the two parties to action.
Powell is dispatching a team of
negotiators to the region, including a
new envoy, retired Marine General
Anthony Zinni, who will work with
Israeli and Palestinian committees
toward a cease-fire.
A senior administration official said
he believes U.S. involvement will be
"more sustained" than in previous
years.
However, Martin Indyk, a former
U.S. ambassador to Israel and one of
the architects of the Oslo peace
process, said the crucial part will be
not Powell's speech, but its follow
through.
"Left to their own devices," Israel
and the Palestinian Authority "can't do
it," said Indyk, now a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution. "We've seen
that time and time again." Indyk also
said Powell should have made the
address earlier in the year, placed more
Israel Insight
THE ISSUE
With recent reports that Al Qaida ter-
rorists have been attempting to devel-
op nuclear weapons, the broader issue
of nuclear proliferation in the Middle
East is again being discussed. There
have been renewed calls by some Arab
nations for the Jewish state to reveal
its assumed nuclear capability.
BEHIND THE ISSUE
While the existence of an Israeli
nuclear program has never officially
been acknowledged by the govern-
ment, its leaders have said publicly
that Israel will not be the first nation
in the Middle East to introduce
nuclear weapons into a military con-
flict. Because the Jewish state is sur-
rounded by several nations holding
vast armies used to attack it, its mili-
tary strategy has always been one of
deterrence. If Israel holds nuclear
capability, it is only in an effort to
offset the imbalance in men as well as
in conventional and unconventional
weaponry held by its neighbors.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Council ofMetropolitan Detroit
onus on the Arab states, and demand-
ed more political and economic
reforms from the Arab world.
David Harris, executive director of
the American Jewish Committee, said
Powell had "laid things out as clearly
as one can."
"No speech on a subject of this
complexity and sensitivity is going to
be perfect," Harris said.
Arab groups also found points to
praise. The American-Arab Anti-
Discrimination Committee said it was
pleased by Powell's comments on set-
tlement activity and Israeli occupation.
"This is the clearest declaration of
its kind from a senior American offi-
cial in many years, and it is a very
important step in the right direction,"
the group's president, Ziad Asali, said.
"We agree with the secretary that the
violence must end, but we also realize
that the occupation brings a structure
of highly organized and extreme vio-
lence into the daily lives of ordinary
Palestinians."
— JTA StaffWriter Sharon Samber in
Washington contributed to this report.
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Additional coverage of the Powell speech,
including excerpts and a link to the
complete text, may be found at
www.detroitjewishnews.com