Dear readers
Here is the digest for April 13, 2005


1- Is Abbas on the verge of collapsing?                
By Ghassan Andoni       



Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon advised U.S. president George Bush
to start planning for the post-Abbas era, saying the Palestinian
leader is on the verge of collapsing, and is losing control over the
PA and inside the Palestinian territories to armed resistance groups.

As Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took over power, the American
Administration rushed to warn Sharon against "undermining" the new
Palestinian leader.
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2-What a summit?                

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. President George Bush
could have instead exchanged letters listing their agreement and
differences. Unless Sharon badly wanted to taste the famous Texan
steaks, there was no outcome that justifies the long distance travel.

Sharon was eager to hear the American President assuring him that
"nothing follow the disengagement," at least in the short run. To find
himself facing a "pressing for more" International community while
liking the wounds of disengagement is what Sharon fears the most.

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