1. Albright said U.S. officials have set up a structure that Arafat has agreed to follow in fighting terror. 2. But Arafat did not get off the hook on fighting terror. 3. But the Israeli official said that Arafat had taken no steps to demonstrate he was serious about fighting terror. 4. In Egypt, government officials have muzzled the political opposition in the name of fighting terror, policies now praised by the Bush administration. 5. Israelis blame the delays in Oslo on Palestinian refusals to fight terror and enter negotiations on the hefty, final issues. 6. Israel must vigorously fight terror to protect its people. 7. It led the administration last week to allow the Pentagon to rearm the bitter rivals of Armenia and Azerbaijan so they could fight terror. 8. Israel made neither withdrawal and claims it will not until Arafat does more to fight terror. 9. Israel said there was no point in renewing peace negotiations with Arafat so long as he did not commit himself fully to fighting terror. 10. Khalilzad said the longer term goal is to make the central government capable of fighting terror as well as running the country. |