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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (51580)	10/12/2002 6:31:16 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Yet, it was always Arafat Arafat Arafat as the boogie man behind the curtain. There were a couple of solid political reasons for that Israeli line. First, Arafat had committed himself in Oslo to supressing the radicals, and had been given the means to do so, yet permitted them to flourish. Therefore, Hamas was Arafat's responsibility, and Israel was trying to remind everybody that a national leader who claims simultaneously to lead a national government and yet be completely unable to control radical violence is not really a legitimate leader. Second, the 'it's all Arafat' line was a defense against the Eurocrats and State, who kept trying push Israel back to the table with their so-called "peace partner" (State is still at it, no Catholic could have more faith in the Church than State has in negotiations). Could you elaborate? Well, if I were the Mossad, I would certainly be trying to assassinate somebody from Hamas and make them think Fatah had done it. Open warfare between Hamas and Fatah would suit Israel fine right now, and would disrupt Hamas' plan to attack Israel under the cover of Iraqi scuds and Hizbullah missiles.

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