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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: carranza2 who wrote (23427)4/4/2002 1:11:30 PM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
The little I can read from the tea leaves left after Camp David II are two-fold: First, the Palestinians did not accurately express their goals, which might very well be the elimination of Israel--that kind of negotiating stance cannot be expressed. Secondly, they were not negotiating in good faith.

I always end up going back to Camp David and Taba as well. I have yet to see a good explanation for the Palestinians unwillingness to negotiate (and I have looked). This should have been ended then....at worst, the agreement would have been defeated by the Israeli parliament/public. If this had been the case, the rest of the world would have wholeheartedly supported the current Palestinian cause.

This is all from the Israeli viewpoint....from the US viewpoint, perhaps giving Arafat a state (even if his ultimate goal is the destruction of Israel) may be worth it. Perhaps it can buy a couple of years of peace during which the US can deal with the other issues in the Middle East.

It would probably end up being shortsighted....but the US might be willing to take the chance that the intervening years may lessen support in the rest of the Arab world for Arafat.

To be honest, I hate coming to the conclusion that the destruction of Isarael is the ultimate goal of Arafat. It makes the current situation nearly hopeless.

Can anyone point me to disputing viewpoints about Camp David that they think are on target? I read the one from Robert Malley (aide to Clinton) and it wasnt very persausive.

Slacker
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