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| Middle East |
| Palestinians, Israelis deadlocked over elections |
| 2002-05-18 |
| Despite vows that preparations for the promised polls are already going ahead, Palestinian officials stressed they will only be held when Israeli troops withdraw to the positions they were in before the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Israel, which wants to see Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat replaced or sidelined, immediately slammed the condition as "an excuse" not to carry out reforms. Yeah, I must be pretty dumb. It's probably right there in front of my nose, but I just can't make out what the relationship is between internal Palestinian elections and anything Israel does or doesn't do. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |