The St. John :S CoUege Student Weekly Annapolis, Maryland XX!/, Issue 10 November 14, 2000 iddle East Violence Continues rafat Feared to Have Lost Control by Hayden Brockett, 'O 1 posed by Israel since it seized with parts of Staff Writer the areas in the 1967 Six Day the Fatah or­ War. Prime Minister Barak has ganization is With the identity of the stated that acceptance of such a evidenced by US President in unprec­ force was impossible for Israel, the November edented question, the story that which has hesitated to trust UN 9 attack had dominated the front pages peacekeepers ever since the UN against a local of many newspapers around the evacuated its emergency force activist in Beit including our own fair from the Sinai peninsula in an­ Sahur, an af­ Gadfly, has been pushed from ticipation of the impending fluent Chris­ spotlight. Yet as Mssrs. Bush Egyptian attack against Israel. tian suburb of Gore have vied to occupy It appears that Mr. Arafat is fac­ Bethlehem. his office, President Clinton has ing a domestic dilemma that Hussein remained heavily involved in requires him to make such a re­ Abeyad, a to resolve the conflict in quest-there were reports in the plainclothes the Middle East that has raged international press that a coup street com­ for more than forty-five days. against the Palestinian Author­ mander in the There have been reports that he ity was being planned in the Fatah T anzim has received assurances from West Bank if Mr. Arafat didn't militia, was Governor Bush that a future Re­ concede to the demands of the the target of publican administration would more hawkish Palestinians. an attack by look favorably upon the peace These factions want an end to two Israeli negotiations, thereby giving the the US-sponsored peace talks Apache heli­ current efforts an effective and to continue fighting Israel. copters as he Palestinians wave flags from the al-Omare mosque during the "green light." The Ha'aretz Daily, an Israeli left his home funeral of two Palestinian policemen who were killed Saturday by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. At the end of last week paper, cited a secret report from in the late p.,.,, ..,,r1"'..-.i" Clinton met with Pal- an unnamed European intelli­ hours of the slow to even mention the attack, estinian Authority Chairman gence agency that warned of se­ morning. The precision attack let alone condemn it, and some Yasser Arafat in Washington to rious threats by Palestinian against Abeyad' s car using laser­ observers say that this fact sig­ discuss breaking the cycle of paramilitaries to depose Mr. guided missiles also killed two nals an implicit support of, if violence in the region. Then on Arafat from his role as leader of Palestinian bystanders, both fifty not Israel's attacks against the Sunday he spoke with Israeli the Palestinian people. The re­ year-old women. Abeyad had Palestinians, then at least an end Prime Minister Ehud Barak port also appears to confirm been blamed for instigating sev­ to the current street violence in separately in another bid at what many observers have been eral of the recent deadly clashes favor of implementing the bringing the two sides closer to saying for weeks-that Mr. in the West Bank and his killing Sharm el-Sheikh cease-fire agree­ ending the current conflicts. Mr. Arafat has effectively lost con­ greatly angered the United States ment. The move in any case sig­ Arafat was said to have asked trol of the towns of Ramallah for its timing (immediately pre­ nals that the Israeli Defense President Clinton for a UN and Jenin in the West Bank and ceding Mr. Arafat's visit to Wash­ Force (IDF) is making good on peacekeeping force in the Is­ that his Fatah organization has ington) and caused the F atah its promises to take more ag­ raeli-occupied territories (the been irrevocably divided under Tanzim militia to declare itself gressive steps to prevent Pales- West Bank and Gaza), a move him. "in a state of war" with Israel. that has been vehemently op- That Arafat has lost touch However, Mr. Arafat has been continuedonpage3 continuedfrom page 1 reported this week to have died L E T T E R ---·{Campus News}·--- while in captivity. The Arab-lan­ tinians from protesting and fo­ guage weekly newspaper Al­ To the Gadfly, paper (which you assume every­ menting violence. Watan al-Arabi, based in Paris, one reads)? Forgive me for Being and Rhyme Meanwhile, the death toll reported on November 9th that reached and, according to some the soldiers had died as a result Editor-in-Chief I dare not assert myself as sounding so enraged, but I think speech impediment and a pros­ accounts, surpassed 200 on No­ of complications following their Ian McCracken someone whose opinion counts that most students read the Gad­ by William Young, '03 for much, nor do I intend to al­ fly to see their name either in News Editor thetic pineal gland. M. vember 11, as four Palestinians abduction. While the IDF did Production Manager low myself to discuss anything Sports Wire or ATP than to find Method, when asked for a and an Israeli solider were killed not comment on the situation, Rhonda Franklin at length -I adore brevity. How­ out the current goings-on over Being and Rhyme, the statement concerning the po­ in gun battles in the West Bank it had previously acknowledged ever, it is my opinion that the seas. Bravo for printing Ms. (newly rechristened) bi­ etry society, make an impor­ and Gaza. In total, all but 19 of that the soldiers had most likely Business/ Ad Manager response to Mr. Rosenberg's let­ Ziza's article on Milosovic: weekly St. John's College po­ tant point regarding his con­ those casualties have been Pal­ been severely wounded in the Emily Strickland ter was not only hyper-defen­ there is an example of world etry organization, would like frontation with mortality and estinians or Israeli Arabs. Last attack that resulted in their cap­ sive and rude, but, in addition, news that is relevant to one stu­ to announce a lawful and suc­ his own burgeoning aware­ week began hopefully, as Prime ture. Hizbullah has steadfastly Section Editors Photographers was snotty and intensely naive. dent, who decides to share her cinct transfer of power. Joe ness of the class struggle: Minister Barak and Chairman refused to let International Red News: William Young Cecily Martin Method, due to a debilitating "Hold on." The poetry group Arafat, in negotiations made Cross medical staff examine or Features: Andrew Hui There is no doubt that the knowledge (first-hand knowl­ Wendel Stout nervous disorder that causes meets every other Wednesday, mostly independently from US treat the soldiers. A&E: Joseph Method Sara Wilson "news" reported in your paper edge) with her community. Do at 11:00 pm, in the McDowell supervision, had agreed to stop Sports: Jon Cooper is 'current' and' of the world' -I you see the distinction? Perhaps him to spasm violently when In the face of the continu­ Writers don't argue that- yet the notion Mr. Rosenberg's comments listening to music, has decid­ Coffeeshop to recite poetry, the violence and call an immedi­ ing deaths and in the interests Page Designers Jeremy Breningstall that we need this information were inflammatory, butI'd be ing to resign his position as whether the performer's own ate cease-fire. These plans disin­ of peace, it seems imperative Martin Anderson Hayden Brockett or don't have the means of ac­ willing to guess that if the only archon, ceding power to a pair or that of some, more famous, tegrated as firefights between that Chairman Arafat and Prime T.A.Fallon Matt Buban quiring it on our own is infuri­ thing remotely opinionated in of hypochondriacs, Bill writer, as well as prose, Palestinians and IDF soldiers Minister Barak reach an agree­ Melissa Thomas Jon Cooper atingly self-centered and ridicu­ the Gadfly is a one-sided article Young and Tom Green. When improv, and the occasional caused the seeming war of attri­ ment that they can both imple­ Geoff Deimel lous. And why assume Mr. about Israel, someone here asked about the smooth tran­ interpretive dance. An un­ tion to claim several victims each ment. Mr. Arafat has reportedly Cartoonist Mitch Eubank sition, M. Green, a true poet, known mulleted coffeeshop day. While it is of course impos­ been warned by Palestinian hard­ Nate Eagle Rosenberg is the only one who would feel obligated to take is­ Roberta Gable proclaimed, "Be-bop, A-loo­ toiler, when not asked about sible to give an analysis of every liners that any peace agreement David Prosper Blake Gregory feels this way? Why take such sue in order to rattle your cages bop, bee-ha-dee, ha-dee the impact of the poetic Gus Hurwitz heated issue with a letter sub­ a bit. The Gadfly is the polity's confrontation, some incidents solely administrated by the Web Editor Kyle Marquis mitted to you? Don't you want venue for opinions, insight and sh'wa." M. Young would not changeover, did not scream: of particular note have taken United States would be unac­ Whitney Welsh Trent Riney any personality to ooze from opportunities to read about our­ speak to the Gadfly, citing a "Chicken philly! No cheese!" place. Most recently, the Pales­ ceptable. And previous experi­ Sarah Roberts your product? I'm sure you all selves and what we do: please tinian group Fateh-Intefadeh, ence has shown that having Is­ Mary Townsend agreed that the front page of the don't undermine the impor­ based in Damascus, which sev­ rael police the West Bank leads, Sonia Wisniewski St.