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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are to meet at 9 P.M. Thursday in Jerusalem, for their second round of talks in as many weeks. The exact location of the meeting will be determined at the last minute, due to "security considerations." Also representing the Palestinians will be Mohammed Dahlan, who is in charge of security affairs, and Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath.
Sharon will tell Abu Mazen that Israel has accepted the Palestinian demands, and the road map, and now it is the Palestinians' turn to take steps against terror. Sharon will propose that Abu Mazen take gradual security control over areas that the IDF withdraws from.
With U.S.-European relations already strained from the war in Iraq, President Bush will meet Monday in France with major industrial nations. Will the two sides seek to repair the tensions, or will new differences -- including those over biologically engineered crops -- further deepen the divide?
Tensions with key European allies have been an unanticipated byproduct of the foreign policy of George W. Bush, who promised a "humble" attitude toward the world in the 2000 presidential campaign. But in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, Bush has shifted to a pre-emptive policy that has led to invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain, Spain and Italy strongly backed the war in Iraq, but Germany, France and Russia opposed it. A new survey shows U.S.-European differences may run deeper than government relations.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/nation/0305/29/a05-177872.htm
Sharon will tell Abu Mazen that Israel has accepted the Palestinian demands, and the road map, and now it is the Palestinians' turn to take steps against terror. Sharon will propose that Abu Mazen take gradual security control over areas that the IDF withdraws from.
With U.S.-European relations already strained from the war in Iraq, President Bush will meet Monday in France with major industrial nations. Will the two sides seek to repair the tensions, or will new differences -- including those over biologically engineered crops -- further deepen the divide?
Tensions with key European allies have been an unanticipated byproduct of the foreign policy of George W. Bush, who promised a "humble" attitude toward the world in the 2000 presidential campaign. But in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, Bush has shifted to a pre-emptive policy that has led to invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain, Spain and Italy strongly backed the war in Iraq, but Germany, France and Russia opposed it. A new survey shows U.S.-European differences may run deeper than government relations.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/nation/0305/29/a05-177872.htm