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TAG SP 646: WT: Amerika Uruskan Suaka Politik Arafat di Marakesh By World Tribune 4/4/2002 2:22 pm Thu |
World Tribune.com Amerika Uruskan Suaka Politik Arafat di Marakesh
(U.S. arranges for Arafat's exile in Morocco)
Amerika uruskan perlindungan untuk Yassir Arafat yang kini
sedang dikepung oleh Israel. Pegawai tinggi pentadbiran Bush telahpun mendapatkan
keizinan Maghribi yang sanggup memberikan suaka politik
kepada Arafat. Para pegawai itu berkata sejak beberapa
hari lalu, Setiausaha Negara AS Colin Powell telah
menghubungi beberapa negara Arab dan Islam untuk
menghentikan usaha Israel mengambil-alih ibupejabat Arafat
di Ramallah. "Kami sudah mendapat satu tempat untuk Arafat," kata
seorang pegawai Amerika. "Masalahnya Arafat belum lagi
mahu keluar daripada situ." [Ini kerja bodoh dan bangang yang mungkin dapat
diselesaikan oleh Raja Penyangak. Selalunya suaka politik
diperlukan oleh seseorang yang dihalau oleh pemerintah
ataupun rakyat yang tidak sukakannya. Tetapi, sejak bila
Israel diistiharkan sebagai penjajah Palestin???? - Penterjemah]
Para pegawai AS berkata, hambatan kepada pemergian Arafat
itu ialah ketegasannya mahu membawa bersamanya pembantu
dan semua pejuang Palestin yang dikehendaki oleh Israel.
Semua pejuang itu adalah berjumlah kira-kira 70 orang
daripada kumpulan Fatah dan Hamas yang dituduh
bertanggungjawab dengan gelombang pengeboman pejuang rela
mati di beberapa bandaraya Israel. Ariel Sharon perdana menteri Israel telah menolak tuntutan
Arafat untuk keluar bersama orang yang mahu dibawanya
bersama yang kini berlindung di pejabat beliau dan juga di
tempat kediaman pegawai keselamatan beliau, Col. Jibrail
Rajoub. Rajoub dipercayai memberikan perlindungan kepada
70 orang pejuang di Betunia. Pada malam Isnin, Israel telah meluaskan gerakan
ketenteraan dengan memasuki Tebing Barat. Dengan
menggunakan keretakebal, Israel telah menakluki Bethlehem,
Kalkilya dan Tulkarm. Setakat ini tentera Israel telah
menangkap 500 pejuang Palestin bersama senjata mereka.
Sasaran terbaru Israel ialah Nablus yang merupakan bandar
di Tebing Barat. Puak Palestin telah bertindak melancarkan pengeboman oleh
pejuang relamati terhadap masyarakat Israel. Ahad lalu, 14
orang Yahudi telah mati dalam satu restoran di Haifa oleh
ledakan bom yang dibawa masuk oleh pejuang Palestin.
Seorang lagi pejuang mengebom dirinya sendiri di
perkampungan Yahudi di Selatan Erat di Bethlehem. Di sana,
tiga orang Yahudi yang tercedera. Namun, para menteri dalam kabinet Sharon berkata, Israel
belum lagi membuat keputusan untuk menghalau Arafat.
Mereka meramalkan kemungkinan operasi tentera yang ada
kini di Israel, akan ditamatkan dalam beberapa hari lagi.
"Kami tahu betapa kurangnya peluang yang tidak terhad,"
kata Beneliezer Isnin lalu. Pegawai Amerika berkata keputusan mendapatkan tempat
perlindungan untuk Arafat telah dibuat dengan bantuan
European Union (EU). Mereka mendakwa beberapa negara
seperti Mesir, Jordan, dan Tunisia enggan memberikan
perlindungan kepada Arafat. Israel telah membuat ikrar kepada pentadbiran Bush untuk
tidak membunuh Arafat. Mereka berkata, pentadbiran Bush
tidakpun menyuarakan sebarang bantahan terhadap penggunaan
kuasa tentera Palestine yang boleh dihentikan dalam
sekelip mata sahaja. Pegawai itu juga menyebut betapa pentadbiran Bush takut
akan berlakunya peperangan di rantau itu dan telah menekan
Israel agar semua tugas ketenteraan ditamatkan selepas
beberapa hari sahaja. Mereka menyebut betapa pihak
pentadbiran telah menghadapi tekanan daripada sekutu Arab
Amerika Syarikat dan juga daripada European Union.
Senator Joseph Biden, pengerusi Jawatankuasa Hubungan Luar
Dewan Senat telah meminta AS dan EU menghantar tentera
mereka di Tebing Barat dan Semenanjung Gaza untuk
melaksanakan satu gencatan senjata antara Israel dan Pihak
Berkuasa Palestin (PA). Biden mencadangkan agar sekutu
Arab seperti Mesir dan Arab Saudi seharusnya menyumbang
askar kerana usaha menyediakan kawalan aman.
Terjemahan: SPAR Asal: http://216.26.163.62/2002/me_israel_04_01.html
Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE The United States has found safe haven for beseiged
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. U.S. officials said the Bush administration has obtained
approval from Morocco to provide asylum to Arafat. The
officials said that over the past few days U.S. Secretary of
State Colin Powell contacted Arab and Islamic countries in
an effort to end the Israeli takeover of Arafat's
headquarters in Ramallah. "We have found a place for Arafat," a U.S. official said.
"The problem is that Arafat doesn't want to leave just yet."
Officials said that one of the obstacles to Arafat's exile
is his insistence that he bring with him scores of aides and
Palestinian insurgents wanted by Israel. The insurgents
include up to 70 Fatah and Hamas agents accused of being
responsible for the wave of suicide bombings in Israeli
cities. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has refused Arafat's
demand to leave with the scores of people trapped in his
office and that of Palestinian Authority security chief Col.
Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub is believed to be harboring at least
70 Palestinian insurgents in his complex in nearby Betunia.
Overnight Monday, Israel expanded its military operation to
other cities in the West Bank. Israeli tanks and troops
captured Bethlehem, Kalkilya and Tulkarm with tanks. So far,
the military has captured 500 insurgents and a large amount
of Palestinian weaponry. The next target in the Israeli
military campaign is expected to be the West Bank city of
Nablus. The Palestinians have responded with suicide bombings in
Israeli communities. On Sunday, a Palestinian suicide bomber
killed 14 Israelis in a restaurant in the northern city of
Haifa. Another bomber blew himself up in the West Bank
Jewish community of Efrat south of Bethlehem. Three Israelis
were injured. For their part, ministers in Sharon's Cabinet said Israel
has not yet decided to exile Arafat. They suggested that the
current Israeli military operation in the West Bank would be
ended within days. "We know we don't have an unlimited
opportunity," Ben-Eliezer said on Monday.
U.S. officials said the effort to find Arafat safe haven is
being aided by the European Union. They said such countries
as Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia refused to provide Arafat with
asylum. Israel has pledged to the Bush administration not to
assassinate Arafat, officials said. They said the
administration has not expressed opposition to a widescale
military campaign against the PA that will be concluded
within days. But officials said the administration, in fear of a regional
war in the Middle East sparked by Hizbullah, has pressed
Israel to end its military operation within several days.
They said the administration has come under tremendous
pressure from Arab allies of the United States as well as
from the European Union. Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has called on the United States and EU to send troops to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to implement a ceasefire between Israel and the PA. Biden said Arab allies such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia should contribute troops to the peacekeeping effort. |