ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Joining me by phone is James Bennet, The New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem. Thanks for being with us, Jim. What's the latest in the Israeli military operation today? JAMES BENNET: Well, there's continued fierce fighting in several areas in the West Bank in Nablus ...
... of peace. It is our commitment, and we will work forward towards peace with the United States, with the Israelis and with the Palestinians. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The President called on all governments in the region to do certain things -- for example, to deliver a clear message to terrorists, blowing yourself ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And in Ramallah-- let's move to Ramallah now-- what's the latest from there and from Arafat's headquarters? JAMES BENNET: Well, Yasser Arafat is still essentially imprisoned in his office in Ramallah. Soldiers are operating freely throughout the city and throughout what remains of his compound ...
... tells us is that there is so much desperation on both sides for a way out that they all lined up behind this vision. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Isn't it important that all the Arab nations support it, in that you're offering normal relations with the Arab world? Now, Libya ...
SAMI ANGAWI: Not single minded. Not just seeing one thing. You have to see more than one thing in order to reach the balance, because you cannot have balance with just a one-sided scale. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Angawi contrasts his vision of his religion with the more fundamentalist vision of ...
... I think the answer will have to be much more complex and much more limited to certain instances and certain individuals at that time. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: So what are some of the other causes of terrorism, we wanted to know. Dr. Maneh al-Johani, secretary-general of the World Assembly ...
... legal actions against him, if that happened. But according to my knowledge, I never had something like that. I never heard something like that. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: How badly are you hurt economically right now? Very bad? YASIN QADI: You can say bad-- very bad. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Qadi met Osama bin ...
... him from the father. Of course, she is dead, but since when is being dead a problem for the Jewish mother defending their boy? ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: (Laughs) AMOS OZ: So it's about erasing the lines. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Do you see out of these ordinary people that you say have ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: So with the future of the Palestinian Authority hanging very much in the balance, Shikaki said much will depend on what this man, Jibreel Rajoub, does. He's the head of the security force in the West Bank authorized by the Oslo agreement. He's close to Arafat ...
... is, as far as we know, the only evidence that we have that he was linked to al-Qaida. It's very early days--. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And it came from prisoners in Afghanistan and also on ships? MARC CHAMPION: Yes, some of these prisoners are being held on U.S ...
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