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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (17121)	5/10/2003 12:40:46 AM
From: Edscharp	Read Replies (1) of 21614

Len, "In my opinion, the settlements are illegal and should not be an item to be negotiated." The primary reason for Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate together is to bring an end to the violence for the sake of all people who live there. Whether you like it or not the issue does have to be negotiated. Israel will justly be concerned about the fate of Israelis living in those settlements. Some Israelis may wish to remain on the West Bank. Will the Palestinian government eject them? Many of the settlements in question may have been legally acquired with the previous owners receiving fair compensation. Will the Jewish owners be given the opportunity to sell their properties? If the Israelis do decide to leave they may choose to destroy the settlements that they constructed at their own expense. Might it worth something to the Palestinian government to prevent the Israelis from doing that? Sorry Len, but the fate of thousands of people, both Palestinians and Israelis, are going to be impacted on this question no matter what is decided. All these issues must be discussed and can't be excluded just because you don't like it. Certainly it is the right of the Palestinians to take a hard line on this issue and I suspect they will. Furthermore, negotiations does not mean that the Palestinians are obliged to concede the settlement issue to the Israelis. But I do know this. The refusal to even talk about it will eliminate any possibility of the two sides coming to a mutual understanding. Setting preconditions excludes the legitimate concerns of one or both participants. For instance, The Israelis can't begin with a pre-condition that East Jerusalem is non-negotiable. This all boils down to what the people of the region want. Do they want to keep killing each other or is it worth the chance to stop the killing for a period of time and explore the alternatives to perpetual war? If you care about your people you at least try the alternative. If it fails they can always go back to killing each other.

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