Reacting to last month's repeated news items regarding theoretical Israeli-Syrian negotiations, London's Al-Quds Al-Arabi (January 16) declared that terrorism ("Palestinian armed resistance") is the Arabs' best tool for effective and productive peace negotiations. This echoed the Omani Al-Watan newspaper of the same day, which reacted to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's remarks to the effect that the peace process would not continue unless Israel received assurances against terrorist operations. "For a start, the resistance against foreign occupation is not terrorism except in the eyes of imperialist countries and others that strive to oppress other people," the Gulf newspaper declared. In...