CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER
A CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP
Are you struggling and juggling to meet
the needs of your aging parents,
a relative, a spouse, children and /or grandchildren?
question of exactly how to implement
that new policy, including how to find
and nurture alternative Palestinian
leaders and how to bring about a gen-
uine cease-fire in the 21-month-old
spasm of violence.
"There are cynics who say this is just
a way of putting the whole Israeli-
Palestinian issue on hold while the
administration tries to make a decision
on Iraq," he said. "I think that's an ,
over-statement."
"I think they've made the right deci-
sion, but it won't be easy to imple-
ment," said Judith Kipper, director of
the Middle East program at the
Center for Strategic and International
Studies. "Right now, there's no plan of
action. That's what's missing."
Over the weekend, Powell gave only
the sketchiest outline of administra-
tion plans to encourage new leader-
ship, Kipper said. And administration
officials "gave no indication of what
they plan to do now to try to end the
violence."
Washington sources say administra-
tion officials were still scrambling to
assemble a concrete plan around the
president's new "dump Arafat" policy. -
"Last week, the president spoke from
his gut," said a top pro-Israel activist.
"In doing so, he went against many
top advisers. Now the job is to find a
way to integrate that into all the
administration's other policy goals. It's
not going to be a picnic."
On Monday, Assistant Secretary of
State William Burns traveled to
London to meet with representatives
of the "Quartet" — Russia, the
European Union, the United Nations
and the United States. The object,
administration officials said, was to -
sell the U.S. goal of reforming the
Palestinian Authority to U.S. partners
in the region. But the rough plan con-
tinues to receive a chilly reception.
And the administration continues to
have a difficult time answering the
question of what they will do if Arafat
wins the presidential election he has
called for January.
Difficult Goal
"There is a choice to be made; and
Mideast analysts generally agree that
there's an opportunity and a chance
the administration is serious about
for the Palestinians to achieve their
cutting Arafat adrift. What's less clear
goal, to achieve their aspiration," said
is exactly how that new policy will fit
State Department spokesman Richard
in with other U.S. goals in the region.
Boucher on Monday. "We hope they
"They've made it clear the adminis-
make that choice, and we will work
tration has basically written off
with
them if they do.
Arafat," said Jess Hordes, Washington
"If they make some other choice, I
director for the Anti-Defamation
suppose we'll have to evaluate that
League. "They were paralyzed for
when we get there. But we don't have
months by the question of whether or
any hope of reaching that goal with
not to deal with him, but now the
the present leadership and the present
decision has been made."
Still to be worked out, he said, is the direction on the Palestinian side." ❑
reticent on the talk-show circuit.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza
Rice, speaking on NBC's "Meet the
Press," said, "There needs to be
reform, not just of one person. The
very fact that we keep talking about
Arafat, Arafat, Arafat shows that this is
a situation politically in which he has
not permitted other leadership to
emerge, in which a one-man band is
dictating the lives of the Palestinian
people. That should be objectionable
to everybody."
Secretary of State Colin Powell led
the faction within the administration
arguing for continuing to work with
Arafat. He lost that fight, and during
the Sunday talk-show blitz he strongly
echoed the president's new policy. "I
have no plans to meet with him," he
said on ABC's "This Week."
'At the moment, I can't imagine
such a situation. I am trying to find
ways to meet with other leaders within
the Palestinian Authority and the
Palestinian community who are will-
ing to move in a positive direction,"
Powell said.
On the CBS show "Face the
Nation," Powell offered a glimpse of
his personal disenchantment with
Arafat. "I worked for 18 months to try
to put in place a plan that would allow
Chairman Arafat to show his leader-
ship, but he missed all of these oppor-
tunities," he said.
Administration officials also con-
firmed that an important factor in
Bush's decision to demand Arafat's
ouster was Israeli evidence linking
Arafat to recent terror bomb attacks. -
"That was an important piece of
information to the president, but the
president has been forming this view
of the Palestinian Authority for some
time," Rice said on Sunday. "How can
you work with a leadership that on the
one hand says it wants a peace process
and, on the other hand, continues to
work with terrorists who are under-
mining the peace process?"
if the answer isYES, you are not alone.
This unique support group is being offered for anyone
involved in the care of a loved one, whether your
loved one is still living at home, or in a facility.
Led by Mindi Silver-Weiss, MSW, ACSW
with experienced caregivers
available as supportive partners.
Join us at our next meeting on
Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 7:00 p.m.
Ongoing meetings are held the
second Tuesday of every month, 7:00 p.m.
at
Jewish Home & Aging Services
Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza
6710 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan
located on the Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
To register or for more information call
Shayna Wexelberg-Clouser, MSW, Director of Community Outreach,
(248) 661-2999, ext.347
This program made possible by a gift from Pearlena and Dr. Jason Bodzin.
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