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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4168)	6/26/2001 10:25:40 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 33421

The key thing for Israel is to build up enough international support for their own position (through their suffering repeated car bombings... etc), and exposing Arafat's utter lack of control over Hamas and other extremist groups. There is already substantial sympathy building for Israel as they are seen as being more patient than the Palestinians. Thta bit I agree with. I think there is lots of fear of the other on both sides. That drives a lot of what happens rather than hatred as such. The same in a lot of such conflicts. Suffering Arafat's rule for a while is more likely to bring about a better leadership when he goes than if they were to go in and strike and make him a martyr now. That has seemed the strategy to me. But of course it is difficult to tell what is in the mind of either side and if they even know themselves. I lived in Israel for 5 years from 1983-88. My parents, brother etc. live there now... David