TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo culled edit...

TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo

culled editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

'ROAD MAP' solitary PATH TO PEACE (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)

Renewed violence in the Mideast is about to extinguish the faint glimmer of confidence for peace.

single 10 days have passed since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas accepted the U.S.-sponsored ''road map'' to peace.

further at least 30 civilians have died in the tit-for-tat exchange of terrorist attacks and military action between the sum of two units sides that began right after the road map was accepted.

Ironically, the of the present day peacemaking plan ended up triggering a well-preserved spate of violence.

Authorities, including Sharon and Abbas, should not allow any like moves that militate against a incline toward Middle East peace.

At the same time, they must reconfirm that steady adherence to the road map is the solitary path to peace in Middle East.

Abbas, as had been feared, has revealed his inability to rein in Palestinian extremists.

Points that must be considered include the fact that the domestic security organization in charge of controlling militants has been weakened by means of a protracted period of clashes with Israel.

Nothing can begin unles the violence stops. each possible effort must be made to realize a surety to stop the armed struggle

Meanwhile, the Sharon administration's rejoinder leaves points open to question.

U President George W Bush has become more critical than always of Sharon's bids to assassinate leaders of militant Palestinian collections with missiles. Indeed, these operations have sparked retaliatory suicide bombings, causing an escalation in the violence.

While Israel's stance of putting the maintenance of public peace and order to preserve its people first is understandable, its military attacks upon militants in a way that ignores Palestinian self-rule solitary serve to antagonize the Palestinians and aggravate the situation.

The U command has unveiled a plan to lance a delegation to the region charged with overseeing the implementation of the road map's reciprocal confidence-building paces Their first mission will be to contain the violence.

They ne to restore an environment in which the two sides can come to the negotiating table from cooperating closely with security officials forward both sides.

more [i]or[/i] less within the United States are said to be skeptical about the road map's worth.

Apparently, no breakthrough will appear with the involvement of sole the Israeli and Palestinian controls We hope the United States will detain taking the initiative and doggedly put forth its influence.

A foreign minister-level meeting of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, which jointly drew up the road map, is slated to be held shortly.

They must reaffirm the importance of the road map, which is forward the brink of disintegration, and make clear the world's intention to bring about peace in the Middle East.

(June 15)

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