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November 5, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/11/05/dl0501.xml

Despite Arafat, Iraq is Still the Key

(Telegraph-UK)Editorial - The critical condition of Arafat opens the door to the revival of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. Yet, progress may not be as swift as Tony Blair would wish. The succession struggle could prevent the Palestinians from being reliable interlocutors for some time. Discreet diplomacy - helping the Israeli prime minister implement his planned withdrawal from Gaza and the Palestinians to settle their differences - is what is required from the guarantors of the road map, rather than the grand gesture of multilateral conferences. In the meantime, the most obvious and urgent challenge for America and Britain is to steer Iraq towards elections in January.

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