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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (52)	10/26/2001 10:55:53 PM
From: brightness00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 786

What is best for Palestinian is not necessarily best for Arafat. What can Arafat, or for that matter Hamas, get out of a peace settlement? An assasin's bullet within a few weeks or a democratic election that ends his/their autocratic rule within a few years? All Arafat and the various Palestian militias are doing is perpetuating the state of war and try their best to profit from the raw power that the conflict endows those so-called leaders. Jim

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (52)	10/27/2001 8:44:40 AM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 786

>>>why are you assuming that the Israeli are losing the war? <<< In my opinion Israel is losing the war on two fronts. 1) In American and World opinion. The more killing (of Palestineans) that Israel does the less acceptable their position is to the rest of the world. I cannot think of any government in history that survived whose major policy was the assassination of its neighbors and opposition as a means of staying in power. 2) Israel is a much less safe place than it was 10, 15 or 20 years ago. Israel has become an armed camp and a more of a target of extremists than in prior years. Their policies are going backwards. I would rate the current Israeli policies a complete failure. They are managing to antagonize both their opposition and their American supporters. Historically, in my opinion, Israel's policies are a political dead end. Regards, Jerome