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Nation & world briefing
Palestinian group agrees
to cease fire for two years
Aaron Davis
Knight Ridder Newspapers
JERUSALEM (KRT) — Palestinian
government officials are secretly ne
gotiating with militant groups in a bid
to end terror attacks against Israelis
and appeared Tuesday to have
reached a two-year cease-fire agree
ment with Hamas.
The accord, if it held, would hand
the week-old Palestinian government
its first victory in its bid to restart
peace talks after 31 months of violent
confrontation.
Aides to two high-ranking Palestin
ian government leaders told Knight
Ridder that Hamas had agreed to a
cease-fire, but a Hamas official de
clined to confirm the agreement.
Israeli observers said a cease-fire
could clear the way for an initial break
through Thursday in the first security
talks in nearly a year scheduled be
tween Palestinian and Israeli officials.
It also could raise hopes for the U.S.
backed “road map” peace plan in ad
vance of U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell’s visit to the region Saturday.
In Washington, a U.S. official con
firmed the cease-fire talks, which he
said are aimed at bridging the gap be
tween Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon’s government and the Pales
tinians over the first delicate moves
in the peace process.
The U.S. official, who spoke on con
dition of anonymity, called the talks “a
constructive effort.” But, he said “peo
pie are skeptical” because similar ef
forts have failed in the past and, even if
a deal is struck, there is no guarantee
that leaders of groups like Hamas and
Islamic Jihad will abide by it.
The possible agreement swifdy fol
lows a terrorist attack last week in Tel
Aviv that killed four, including the sui
cide bomber, and an all-day Israeli raid
on a house in Gaza City that killed 13,
including two men that Israeli officials
said were members of Hamas.
Those tit-for-tat attacks under
scored the enormous obstacles to
peace, coming in the same week that
the road map was officially handed to
Palestinian and Israeli officials.
Hamas, a hard-line Islamic group
that does not recognize Israel, Has
claimed responsibility for most sui
cide bombings since the Palestinian
uprising began in September 2000. It
last claimed responsibility in Novem
ber for a bus bombing in Jerusalem
that killed 12, including the bomber.
Israeli officials have demanded that
the new Palestinian prime minister,
Mahmoud Abbas, crack down on mili
tant groups and have said a cease-fire
would be insufficient to bring a lasting
peace. Israeli officials declined to com
ment on the talks Tuesday night.
Representatives of Abbas are en
gaged in ongoing negotiations with Is
lamic Jihad as well as other groups, and
the two officials, who spoke on the con
dition of anonymity, said agreements
could also be close with those sponsors
of suicide attacks in Israel.
Egyptian, Syrian and U.S. officials
were involved in the secret talks held
over the past two days in the Gaza
Strip, the officials said.
They also said that Syrian officials
agreed on conditions to close offices
of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Dam
ascus. Syrian officials had indicated
to Powell last week that they would
close the offices when he traveled to
the Syrian capital.
The “quartet” of road map support
ers — the United States, United Na
tions, Russia and European Union —
has said that uprooting militant groups
is a prerequisite to success of the plan
that calls for an independent Palestin
ian state within three years.
Still those close to the Israeli-Pales
tinian conflict said the Palestinians
must take what early successes they
can to begin building the peace, and a
cease-fire is a logical first step,
“The situation is very fragile and
very fluid for Palestinians — you’re
talking about taking action against
your own people,” said Yoni Fighel, a
researcher at the International Poli
cy Institute for Counter terrorism in
Israel. “This new government must
convert terrorists into regular citi
zens. They need to lay down their
arms first.”
Knight Ridder correspondent Warren
Strobel contributed to this report.
© 2003, Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
News brief
Graham launches
presidential campaign
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.—Sen. Bob Gra
ham formally launched his candidacy
for the Democratic presidential nomi
nation Tuesday with a promise to bet
ter protect America’s national security
and to correct a “divisive domestic
agenda” he believes President Bush has
pursued since the disputed election
propelled him to the White House.
The Florida senator, one of nine
candidates chasing the Democratic
presidential bid, said Bush chose to
“settle old scores” by fighting a second
Persian Gulf war instead of taking con
crete steps to secure the nation from
terrorist attacks. Graham touted his
roots in this politically essential state,
as well as a 37-year streak without los
ing an election, as distinguishing ingre
dients to his campaign.
“This administration has virtually
ignored homeland security in all but
the words themselves while it focused
all of its energy on Iraq,” Graham told
hundreds of supporters who endured
scorching afternoon sunshine. “I am
running for president to bring back a
focus on America’s security.”
While he carries the broadest polit
ical resume, having served two terms
as governor of the fourth most popu
lous state and three terms in the U.S.
Senate, 66-year-old Graham is the
latest candidate to join the field.
Heart surgery in late January delayed
his announcement, and with the first
ballots of the 2004 campaign to be
cast in eight months, he lags behind
his rivals in raising money and draw
ing support in early primary states.
“It is time to bring America back
from one of our longest economic
slowdowns ever, and the only eco
nomic slowdown since when the last
Bush was in the White House,” Gra
ham said. “It is painfully clear that
this president has no economic poli
cy other than granting tax cuts to the
wealthiest Americans. ”
While the Democratic presidential
hopefuls make frequent sport of bash
ing the Bush tax cuts and economic
policy, Graham pointed out that he is
the only one of them currendy in Con
gress who has voted against each of the
administration’s tax break proposals.
Graham, one of those wealthy Ameri
cans who would benefit from the tax
cuts, said those policies have deep
ened the divide between classes.
“We have divided our nation be
tween the few at the very top, served
by this administration, and the many
who are left to fend for themselves,”
Graham told supporters.
—JeJfZeleny,
Chicago Tribune (KRT)
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