[DoughtyOne]

On FoxNews today, they were mentioning how Bush had asked our allies to avoid sending envoys to meet with Arafat, redirecting them to Abas. The idea was to boost Abas and allow Arafat to wither on the vine.

The French responded by sending an envoy to meet with Arafat.

Behind Hamas and discounting the Palestinians, the French are the single most negative influence on peace in the middle east. Their nation deserves sanctions and no trade or special treatment from us.

I wonder how they'd like to have MFN or whatever it's posing as these days, revoked.

[onyx]

I'm proud and thrilled that President Bush has never, not ever, not even once, met with or acknowledged Arafat, especially since Arafat was a frequent guest at the Clinton WH.

[longjack]

Germany's Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, met with Arafat as well at the end of March. Did FOX news mention that?

Sharon was furious. An Israeli politician had also arranged to meet Fischer during that trip, but in East Jeruselem. Fischer refused to attend at that venue, the Israeli refused to change the venue. The meeting was cancelled

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