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To: lorne who wrote (10990)	1/18/2002 1:15:47 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 23908

One morning we will all wake up to the news that an all out massive attack on the arab/palestinians has begun. This long time in coming and well deserved attack appears to be the only kind of negotiation these people understand. Yeah, right. Meanwhile, back in the real world, here are some of the negotiators that Israel and you go to great lengths to pretend don't exist counterpunch.org Tom

To: lorne who wrote (10990)	1/18/2002 1:29:22 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 23908

Israeli leadership fears a peaceful, secular Palestinian leadership almost as much as it fears an unbiased international peacekeeping group being placed in its midst. <<< Said is correct to point to the cancer of the 450 Jewish settlers in Hebron. It's as if an encampment of riotous skinheads were placed in the middle of an Indian reservation. As Israel Shahak, the noted Israeli human rights advocate has pointed out, the settlers in the occupied territories exist as an arm of the Israeli government in order to make life impossible for the Palestinians. >>> <<< Israelis behave as if any movement towards equal rights for Palestinians means a retreat for them. That is why, after each step in the Oslo process, Israeli leaders are quick to reassure their public that nothing of substance has been given up. And that is why the Israelis move quickly to suppress any sign of an effective Palestinian leadership since they wish no challenge to their policy of land confiscation and land alienation. That explains why in 1988 the Israelis deported Mubarak Awad, a leader in the non-violent struggle for Palestinian rights, and why to this day they will only allow him brief returns to Palestine and to Jerusalem, the city of his birth. >>> igc.org <<< Mubarak Awad, PhD Dr. Awad is the founder and national President of the Youth Advocate Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to “at risk” youth and their families. He is also founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence in Jerusalem, and was deported by the Isreali Supreme Court in 1988 after being jailed for organizing activities involving nonviolent civil disobedience. Dr. Awd has since formed Nonviolence International, which works with various movements and organizations across the globe. >>> american.edu Tom