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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (57762)	10/8/2001 5:11:29 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 275872

Pravin I agree that Arafat does not have enough control but independence can not be achieved if he is not willing to go after terrorists in his country. It is obvious that no one would ask him to control Syria or any other country. If Syria would support extremists groups then it would be a matter between Syria and Israel but he must control his territory. As you can see whatever Israel is asking for is necessary. -Albert

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (57762)	10/8/2001 6:12:10 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

Pravin, THis is necessary. It isn't clear to me how much control Arafat has over the fringe groups. His problem is that the more he is willing to negotiate the more control he will lose over the terrorists. I think you state the dilemma Israel is in very well. How how does Israel go about granting the state to Palestinians? To whom? Who should Israel negotiate with? And what is the negotiated piece of paper worth, if person signing it (Arafat) will only be the leader of Palestinians as long as he is making gains for Palestinians, losses for Israel. Any lasting settlement would mean that things would be frozen somewhere, with Palestinian State controlling some territories, Israel controlling others. Once implemented, Arafat would be discarded, because he would no longer be delivering gains, replaced with someone else, more radical, ready to dispose the previous agreements, start new round of violence to make further gains. I think that one thing you need to add to your list of questions / issues, which is that Israel is willing to live with its neighbors in peace, but Palestinians are not. As long as this is the case, there will be no solution. The same as in Cold War. As long as Soviet Union had ambitions to conquer / convert the world to communism, there was a conflict, Cold War. Once Soviet Union abandoned this goal, suddenly there was peace. The same thing may one day happen in Israel / Palestine, when Palestinians give up their goal to destroy Israel. Joe