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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR

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To: Machaon who wrote (16425)	3/6/2003 11:34:06 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) of 25898

Well, my memory doesn't quite hold that. But feel free to contradict the BBC: One of the weaknesses of the 1990s' Oslo peace process was that it deliberately left the most difficult issues - the status of Jerusalem, refugees and borders - until last, in the belief that this would make them easier to resolve. These issues were finally discussed when the former US President Bill Clinton made an all-out attempt to bring then Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat together at Camp David in Maryland, Virginia. An agreement was in sight, but talks broke down over failure to agree on the future of Jerusalem and - to a lesser extent - the fate of Palestinian refugees. [edit] link news.bbc.co.uk The 'right of return' was/is a real issue... Israel fears that this could be used as a pretext to flood in Arabs (why they'd want to come to Palestine, who knows!?) and Arafat is too stubborn-proud to back down on what really seems to me a relatively minor issue. Also, the Palestinians want their capital back. Can't you see how this might be a tad touchy?

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