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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (1500)	5/25/2001 7:10:45 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

I think the Palestinians can make the same argument. I think the 20% of the Israeli population that consists of Arabs proves you utterly wrong. The Israelis have never shown any desire to wipe out the Palestinians. They certainly didn't put it in their constitution that they sought the destruction of the Palestinians. Unfortunately, the Palestinians included this in their very charter of organization. However, THE Israelis HAVE sought to destroy those enemies who were seeking to destroy them (quite correctly). And certainly some of those enemies were Palestinian. Let's not forget that the Jewish settlers prior to 1948 BOUGHT their land from the Palestinians. The British certainly were not in the habit of confiscating land and just giving it to the Jews. The Brits were more intent on appeasing the larger Arab population and securing their oil interests. And Arafat has NEVER truly been willing to sign a peace treaty. He always tries to add something at the end which falls outside of the original framework. Go back and read the Oslo Accords and the Wye River agreements and see how the present day PA has constantly violated the terms of those agreements: almashriq.hiof.no usinfo.state.gov arabicnews.com Here's a snippet regarding security from the Wye River memorandum: II. SECURITY In the provisions on security arrangements of the Interim Agreement, the Palestinian side agreed to take all measures necessary in order to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and hostilities directed against the Israeli side, against individuals falling under the Israeli side's authority and against their property, just as the Israeli side agreed to take all measures necessary in order to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and hostilities directed against the Palestinian side, against individuals falling under the Palestinian side's authority and against their property. The two sides also agreed to take legal measures against offenders within their jurisdiction and to prevent incitement against each other by any organizations, groups or individuals within their jurisdiction. Both sides recognize that it is in their vital interests to combat terrorism and fight violence in accordance with Annex I of the Interim Agreement and the Note for the Record. They also recognize that the struggle against terror and violence must be comprehensive in that it deals with terrorists, the terror support structure, and the environment conducive to the support of terror. It must be continuous and constant over a long-term, in that there can be no pauses in the work against terrorists and their structure. It must be cooperative in that no effort can be fully effective without Israeli-Palestinian cooperation and the continuous exchange of information, concepts, and actions. Pursuant to the prior agreements, the Palestinian side's implementation of its responsibilities for security, security cooperation, and other issues will be as detailed below during the time periods specified in the attached time line: A. Security Actions 1. Outlawing and Combating Terrorist Organizations (a) The Palestinian side will make known its policy of zero tolerance for terror and violence against both sides. (b) A work plan developed by the Palestinian side will be shared with the U.S. and thereafter implementation will begin immediately to ensure the systematic and effective combat of terrorist organizations and their infrastructure. (c) In addition to the bilateral Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation, a U.S.-Palestinian committee will meet biweekly to review the steps being taken to eliminate terrorists calls and the support structure that plans, finances, supplies and abets terror. In these meetings, the Palestinian side will inform the U.S. fully of the actions it has taken to outlaw all organizations (or wings of organizations, as appropriate) of a military, terrorist or violent character and their support structure and to prevent them from operating in area under its jurisdiction. (d) The Palestinian side will apprehend the specific individuals suspected of perpetrating acts of violence and terror for the purpose of further investigation, and prosecution and punishment of all persons involved in acts of violence and terror. (e) A U.S.-Palestinian committee will meet to review and evaluate information pertinent to the decisions on prosecution, punishment or other legal measures which affect the status of individuals suspected of abetting or perpetrating acts of violence and terror. 2. Prohibiting Illegal Weapons (a) The Palestinian side will ensure an effective legal framework is in place to criminalize, in conformity with the prior agreements, any importation, manufacturing or unlicensed sale, acquisition or possession of firearms, ammunition or weapons in areas under Palestinian jurisdiction. (b) In addition, the Palestinian side will establish and vigorously and continuously implement a systematic program for the collection and appropriate handling of all such illegal items it accordance with the prior agreements. The U.S. has agreed to assist in carrying out this program. (c) A U.S.-Palestinian-Israeli committee will be established to assist and enhance cooperation in preventing the smuggling or other unauthorized introduction of weapons or explosive materials into areas under Palestinian jurisdiction. 3. Prevention Incitement (a) Drawing on relevant international practice and pursuant to Article XXII (1) of the Interim Agreement and the Note for the Record, the Palestinian side will issue a decree prohibiting all forms of incitement to violence or terror, and establishing mechanisms for acting systematically against all expressions or threats of violence or terror. This decree will be comparable to the existing Israeli legislation which deals with the same subject.