[monkeyshine]

Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) urged Arafat to go on television and demand an end to attacks against Israelis. The attacks endanger any negotiations toward a Palestinian state, Powell said.

"This sort of activity and the tolerance of this sort of activity will destroy the very vision the Palestinian Authority stands for and Chairman Arafat says he's committed to," Powell said in Washington.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20020328/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_2574

[My Identity]

"This sort of activity and the tolerance of this sort of activity will destroy the very vision the Palestinian Authority stands for and Chairman Arafat says he's committed to..."

Good example of apparent U.S. cognitive dissonance.
Powell's trying to solve the wrong problem.