U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview yesterday that Israel need not dismantle Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria until "it can be demonstrated that the Palestinian side is doing something about the bombings, the terror."
Speaking yesterday with interviewer Charlie Rose, whose daily interview program airs on 223 PBS affiliates throughout the United States, Powell said, "It is very difficult, if not impossible, for the Prime Minister of Israel, or for any other nation, in the face of terrorist activity that seems to be tolerated by the governmental authorities on the other side... to say to his people that he is yielding to pressure from the Americans or anyone else to do things that would not deal with the problem of terror."
Avigdor Yitzchaki and Dov Weisglass, Prime Minister Sharon's two top aides, met with U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice last night. The upshot of the meeting was that for now, Israel would not build any form of anti-terrorist partition or wall in the Ariel area of the Shomron. The areas of Modiin and Jerusalem will be discussed in the future.
Speaking yesterday with interviewer Charlie Rose, whose daily interview program airs on 223 PBS affiliates throughout the United States, Powell said, "It is very difficult, if not impossible, for the Prime Minister of Israel, or for any other nation, in the face of terrorist activity that seems to be tolerated by the governmental authorities on the other side... to say to his people that he is yielding to pressure from the Americans or anyone else to do things that would not deal with the problem of terror."
Avigdor Yitzchaki and Dov Weisglass, Prime Minister Sharon's two top aides, met with U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice last night. The upshot of the meeting was that for now, Israel would not build any form of anti-terrorist partition or wall in the Ariel area of the Shomron. The areas of Modiin and Jerusalem will be discussed in the future.