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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (2789)	10/1/2003 3:33:47 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) of 3959

Yet Arafat has a fairly consistent record of political moderation going back to 1988, when he persuaded the Palestinian National Council to recognize Israel's legitimacy, to accept all relevant United Nations resolutions and to opt for a two-state solution. In fact, Arafat convinced the PNC to accept these things in 1976. The Palestinians, along with all of the Arab states that had disputes with Israel (Egypt, Syria, etc.) formally offered this to Israel in a UN resolution. Israel refused to listen and the U.S. obediently vetoed it. Following that, Israel built up Hamas to undermine the PLO's peace offer. They were unsuccessful, in more ways than one. Tom

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