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halfway up the coast from Tel Aviv to Haifa

I felt we had a responsibility to play our

but it did promise a “safety net” in the

worked out a new deal with Shas. The Sephardi Orthodox party was

and that it was Israel that was closing the door. We would also risk

there was a wide international recognition that it was the

and the terrible human cost from Arafat’s choice of violence

null and void. The package Arafat had ultimately

in co-ordination with the Palestinian police

and we hold him responsible if that does not happen.”

and our soldiers. Are you really saying that

if the Palestinians were the aggressors. “Mr

as we discovered when we were invited to the Elysée Palace to meet Chirac.

Arafat at first simply lied. He said the

but the understanding was that Madeleine would be in charge. Far from

and the Negev. Beyond the political implications

with unprecedentedly serious clashes between our

deeply disturbing escalation: the spread of

including the Arabic-language Al Jazeera.

steady-handed commander of the Jerusalem police