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To: SirRealist who wrote (15097)	12/30/2001 11:55:15 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 281500

This is classic Said: Arafat's government is corrupt, weak, autocratic and instable, and in "entente" with the Islamists, but Israel should withdraw anyway due to the rights of the Palestinians -- never mind what kind of state will result. Terrorism is bad, but it's justified in response to occupation and anyway Israel is the real terrorist. Sharon's policy of squeezing Arafat will only make Palestinians cling to him. Arafat is "begging to negotiate" -- sure he is, say I; with diplomats at the table and bombs in the street. Israel doesn't accept this method. The real question is: how will this policy of being innocent victims on one hand while praising terrorism on the other play in the West? (How it will play in the Arab world is not really a question.) For now, it seems to have lost its luster in Washington, who remains the most important audience. Question for 2002: Are the Palestinians functional enough to change strategy? or will we continue to get Arafat's fox-tricks and temporizing?

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