(New York Jewish Week) Gary Rosenblatt - A senior adviser to Ariel Sharon pointed out that attempted attacks on Israelis have gone down to about 15 to 20 a day, compared to three and four times that many a few months ago. He added that Palestinian television now shows fewer hours a day of anti-Israel footage consisting of the bloodied bodies of young Arab "martyrs." Is that supposed to give us comfort? It's like your hostile neighbor telling you not to be paranoid, he's not trying to kill you every moment of the day, only every hour. Sharon has taken action on numerous fronts (dismantling outposts, freeing prisoners, easing travel restrictions, providing the PA with funds, etc.) while the PA resists fulfilling its most basic requirement, yet averts criticism. We lead with our hearts rather than our heads when we ignore the fact that Arafat is still firmly in charge of the PA. When Abbas says he will deal with Hamas and the other terror factions by incorporating them into the political process rather than disarming them, the Bush administration should insist that such a response is unacceptable, if not infuriating - a violation of the road map in body and spirit, and a recipe for chaos.
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