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| Middle East |
| Israel, PA to resume political contacts |
| 2002-07-08 |
| Israel's Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will meet Tuesday with the Palestinian Authority's newly-appointed Finance Minister Salam Fayed and Interior Minister Abdel Razaq Yehiyeh, in a meeting which has the blessing of both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Chairman-for-Life Yasser Arafat (1929-2002?). The three ministers will review means of easing conditions for the residents of the West Bank, currently under Israeli control, and the renewal of joint security arrangements. Sharon has not placed any restrictions on Peres' meetings with Palestinian ministers, with the exception of Arafat himself. Interesting pair. I know nothing about Fayed and Google has a single entry; presumably he hasn't spent his career hopping around and waving guns. I gagged when Whatsisname appointed Yehiyeh, who's the same venerable age as Mr Chairman-for-Life, as interior minister, thinking he was going to be nothing more than a "second face" figurehead for Der Fuehrer. Then the old boy came out and said he wanted to 'put and end to' militias. Yet Yehiyeh is referred to as the "old guard" while the young fellows, who do hop around rolling their eyes and vowing revenge, are the "young guard," the hope for the post-Whatsisname era. Go figger. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |