JERUSALEM
International Slipstream
"I bear all responsibility. There are always mistakes in every movement, all over the world....We have to rectify the mistakes."Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
Snubbing Peace
Pinhas Inbari in Jerusalem
RUSSIA
A Bitter Pill
The NATO approved last week an agreement accepting Russia into the alliance. The new NATO-Russian council will cooperate, among other things, on issues of terrorism and arms control. But not everybody’s happy at Vladimir Putin’s decision. Says the former head of the department of International Military Cooperation, Leonid Ivashov: "This is just a way to sugar the pill of NATO expansion into Eastern Europe and former Soviet Baltic republics later this year."
CUBA
Praising The Enemy
Most Cubans hadn’t heard of the Varela Project until former US President Jimmy Carter talked about it in an uncensored broadcast to the Cubans last week. The Project, named after Rev Felix Varela (1788-1853), a Cuban padree who highlighted human rights injustices in 19th century US, demands changes in Cuba—its organisers have submitted to the National Assembly 11,020 signatures seeking a referendum asking Cubans whether they favoured human rights and electoral reforms. Before the visit, the US accused Cuba of developing biological weapons. Carter said he didn’t find any such evidence, and praised Cubans for their healthcare. He said: "Because the US is the most powerful nation, we should take the first step."
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