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To: Carolyn who wrote (8234)	11/8/2001 6:02:56 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Arafat can't compromise and can't stop the intifada. If he tried to stop it he would be shown up as impotent or he would be killed. He has committed himself to the intifada strategy and cannot back off without a big payoff. Sharon is equally committed to not paying a big reward to the Palestinians to stop the intifada. Sharon is convinced that Israel's perceived weakness in unilaterally withdrawing from Lebanon resulted in the intifada in the first place, and that rewarding it now would ensure more of the same forever. Thus the closures and incursions and assasinations -- Sharon is saying, I'll 'pay' by ending them but you'll be no better off than when you started. Besides, what else can the Israelis do in response to a campaign of suicide bombers? Thus, a statelmate until both sides change management. Now, replacing an Israel Prime Minister is done by new elections. But how does one replace Arafat?