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To: SilentZ who wrote (143706)	3/28/2002 6:48:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1584048

>Z, it may not fly with the Israeli public but Sharon has not changed his position in the last 25 years......I am sure of it. He is doing everything he can to agitate the Palestinians so that they will act out. Going to that mosque in Jerusalum is just one example. Every time he does something like that, there is a violent response from the Palestinians. Then, he can turn around and say "see they are crazy and not trustworthy, there is no way we can afford to give the West Bank back". You do understand that the area where that mosque is is the holiest site for Jews, yet Jews aren't normally allowed there, right? Z, yes, I knew that......and I would give him the benefit of the doubt were it true that Arab provocation is not his MO. However, since then he has done one thing after another to p*ss them off. I believe he knew that his visit to the site would be controversial, that going there would trigger a negative Arab response, and that that would help solidify Israeli support behind him. The fact that the Jews should no longer be kept from there was a statement that needed to be made, even if it pissed off the Palestinians. The Palestinians regularly excavate it under cover of night to try to destroy the Jewish artifacts there... sounds like another certain Muslim group we knew and loved, till we took 'em out in Afghanistan. Yup, Sharon looks like someone real concerned with Jewish artifacts. I heard he has a whole collection of used Jewish uzis hanging on his wall in his study. >And I bet a majority of the Israelis don't want to return the West Bank either Most of them wanted to, actually, until the new intifada started. The only thing they didn't want to return was East Jerusalem, but Barak was going to give that back anyway. When we/I argued with the Israelis.....there is no discussing calmly these and most other issues with Israelis <g>.......back in the early 90's before the latest jihad, these guys were not real excited about giving back the WB and the Golan Hts. I think one guy said he would agree to part of the WB going back but not the GHts; the rest said no way. Not a very scientific survey but I bet its not that far off....if people are honest about their opinion. BTW one was from a kibbutz, another from Jerusalum and two from Tel Aviv/Haifa.....fairly representative, I think. ted