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Israel Pressured and the World
Experiences Chaos - Bill Koenig
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Major increase in U.S. and World terror warnings, U.S. mad-cow outbreak, major earthquakes in California and Iran, chaos in Iraq, and a suicide bombing in Israel
On December 17, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell stated to the Palestinians, that a cease-fire deal would seal statehood.
On December 18, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave a major policy address on the future of Israels land.
On December 19, President Bush's spokesman Scott McClellan reacted warmly to much of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's latest plan for dealing with the Palestinians.
"We were very pleased with the overall speech," stated McClellan.
"We believe that the road map is the way to get to the president's two-state vision" of a democratic Palestinian state existing alongside Israel by 2005, McClellan said, referring to a blueprint for peacemaking that has the backing of the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia.
These political statements were immediately followed by a significant increase in U.S. and world terror warnings, the U.S.s first mad-cow case on record, a major 6.5 earthquake in Central California and a tragic 6.6 earthquake in Iran, an increase in insurgent chaos in Iraq and a tragic suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The headlines below will illustrate the major period of disruption that immediately followed Powells statement, Sharons speech and the White House's reaction to Sharon's speech:
Powell Tells Palestinians Cease-Fire Would Seal Statehood, Israel Prepares To Give Up All Gaza, Much Of West Bank December 17
U.S. Urges Citizens to Leave Saudi Arabia December 17
Justice Minister Lapid Slams 'Barbaric' Behavior Of Settlers December 18
Sharon: Israel May 'Disengage' During Road Map Execution December 18
NRP: Sharon's Speech Harms Israel December 18
Israel Prepares For A Mass Move If Road Map Fails December 18
Palestinian PM: Sharon, In Speech, 'Threatening' Palestinians December 18
Qaeda Leader Says Chasing Americans In 'Homeland' December 19
U.S. Intelligence Learn Of Possible Threats To New York And Other Cities December 19
EU's Solana Warns Sharon Against Unilateral Action December 19
Jewish Settlers Attack Sharon Plan As Betrayal December 19
Sharon Comes Under Heavy Fire For Separation Plan December 19
Jerusalem Issues Christmas Terror Alert For Israelis Abroad December 19
U.S. Urges Vigilance At Christmas On Terror, Qaeda Threats December 19
White House 'Very Pleased' With Sharon's Speech December 19
Peres Says He Doesn't Believe Sharon Will Implement New Plan December 19
International Court Hearings On Separation Fence To Begin Feb. 23 December 20
PA Calls On Quartet To Make Israel Implement Road Map December 20
Arafat: Sharon Coordinated 'Disengagement Plan' With U.S. December 21
Opposition Growing In Likud Over Sharon's Unilateral Speech December 21
U.S. Raises The Terror Alert To High
Possible Attack To Rival Or Exceed 9/11 December 21
Olmert: Tens Of Thousands Of Settlers May Be Relocated December 21
Israel Considers Sending Judges To Hague December 21
Mubarak Says Discussed Dismantling Nukes With Peres December 21
San Francisco Blackout Leaves 1/3 Without Electricity December 21
U.S. Army Is Warning Of Fresh Iraq Violence December 22
Bush Urges People To Go On With Holiday Plans December 22
6.5 Earthquake Rocks Central California December 22
California Earthquake Rang Planet 'Like A Bell' December 22
Mideast Rife With Rumors Of Americas Jihad December 22
NBC: U.S. Terror Threat To Extend Through January December 23
Pentagon To Conduct Terror Drill: Operation Aimed At Protecting Officials During Attack - December 23
Airports To Fingerprint, Photograph Foreigners: Security Plan To Include U.S. Seaports, Land Border Crossings December 23
More Aftershocks Rattle California December 23
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice Is Apparently Not Keen On Going Under Oath For The Kean 9/11 Commission December 23
Israel Accepts U.S. Demand Of Palestinian State In 2004 - December 23
Israel, U.S. Disagree On Definition Of Settlement Freeze December 23
A Global Glut Of Greenbacks: A Great Drama Is Now Unfolding In The World's Money Markets December 23
Pentagon: War Planes To Patrol Some U.S. Cities To Counter New Terror Threats December 23
Intelligence: Bin Laden Behind New Terror Threat: U.S. Ferreting Out Plot In Significant Detail, Officials Tell NBC News December 23
U.S. Blurs Aerial Shots Of Washington: Rooftops Obscured Due To Homeland Security Concerns December 24
U.S. Braces For Impact Of Mad Cow Disease December 24
Nations Block U.S. Beef Imports December 24
Rumsfeld: 'Bet Your Life' Threat To U.S. Is Serious December 24
Surface-To-Air Missiles Being Deployed Around Washington December 24
Six Paris-To-L.A. Flights Canceled Over Security: NBC: U.S. Officials Raise Concerns; More Flights Could Be Scrapped- December 24
Muslims Warned To Leave U.S. Cities: Al-Qaida Websites Claim New York, Washington, Los Angeles Are Targets December 24
Insurgents Hit Baghdad Hotel After Deadly Attacks December 24
LA Airport Raises Security To Highest Level In Two Years December 24
Sharon To Bring His Plan To Likud Vote December 25
IDF Clamps Full Closure On Territories After Suicide Attack, 4 Killed 15 Wounded December 25
Iran: We will 'sweep away' Israel if attacked - December 25
Iran Shaken by 6.6 Earthquake, 20,000 Feared Dead - December 26
U.S., Fearing Terror Attack, Seeks Global Cooperation December 26
A London-Based Arab Magazine Says Qaeda Vows 'Back-Breaking' Strike By February December 26
New FBI Warning Cites Biochem Threat: Feds Advise Security To Be On Alert For 'Unusual Powders, Liquids, Odors' December 26
Did Canceled Flights Avert Terror Attack? U.S. Thinks L.A.-Bound Air France Jet Was Set For Crash-Landing In Las Vegas December 26
Concerns Rising With Dollar's Continued Fall December 26
CIA Leaks Probe Is Gathering Momentum December 26
Terrorists Plan To Pose As Disabled Travelers: Pakistani Nationals Behind U.S. Plot December 26
Second Herd Quarantined In Mad Cow Scare December 26
Bush Still Eating Beef Despite Scare, Aide Says December 26
U.S. Enhances Air Monitors in 30 Cities December 26
Iraq Insurgents Make Christmas Week A Deadly One For The Americans December 26
Feds Eye New Year's Terror Possibilities December 27
Bush Spends 2nd Half Of Vacation In Texas: Shadowed By Troubles On Both The Global And Domestic Fronts December 27
U.S. Loses 90 Percent Of Beef Exports December 27
13 Dead, 172 Wounded In Iraq Terror Attacks December 27
Mad Cow Is Tough For Bush Administration December 28
Meat Of Infected Cow Found In More States December 28
Report: Al Qaeda Targeting Oceanliners, $1.3 Billion Queen Mary II A Target December 28
Gadhafi Armed Al-Qaida With Bio-Chem Weapons: U.S. Raised Terror Alert Largely Due To New Libyan Intelligence December 28
If Musharraf Is Assassinated, The War On Terror Will Also Be A Victim December 29
U.S. Asks Int'l Air Carriers For Officers December 29
U.S. Says It Is Considering Expanded Mad Cow Testing - December 29
Warning Of Imminent U.S. Terrorist Attack:
Islamic Website Claims 'Final Blows' In 'Crucial Battle' About To Begin December 30
Al Qaeda Links Seen In Attacks On Top Saudi Security Officials: New Effort To Destabilize The Saudi Government December 30
Israel To Tweak Route Of Barrier Under Pressure December 30
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