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To: Thomas M. who wrote (13640)	4/12/2002 2:15:39 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Not what Clinton, Barak and eyewitnesses recall PS sorry, could not open your link, though

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13640)	4/12/2002 2:17:17 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Even Palestinians privately admit that no Israeli prime minister has ever gone so far towards meeting their demands. news.bbc.co.uk The two sides have broken some important taboos - on the Palestinian refugees' right of return, on whether Israel really needs the Jordan valley as its eastern flank, and, above all, on the central, highly charged and deeply symbolic issue of Jerusalem. But more than that, each side for the first time got a glimpse of the other's bottom line. This is a painful but necessary step towards any eventual agreement.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13640)	4/12/2002 2:20:38 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

I believe we are at the end-game...Another military campaign than serious attempt to settle it...(after Arafat is gone)

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13640)	4/12/2002 4:21:55 PM
From: gda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

<<a few token refugees in front of TV cameras >> and you would make us believe that since Israel did not grant him his "token refugees in front of a camera" he unleashed the intifada that killed more than 400 Israelis and practically destroyed his Palestinian Authority.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13640)	4/15/2002 5:12:43 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Israelis warn EU not to impose sanctions By Avi Machlis in Jerusalem and Judy Dempsey in Brussels Published: April 14 2002 17:02 \| Last Updated: April 14 2002 Israeli officials on Sunday warned that any sanctions by the Europeans would mark the end of the European Union's attempts to boost its involvement in seeking a diplomatic solution to the Middle East crisis. The warning was made ahead of Monday's meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg where Belgium and Spain want to consider taking tough measures against Israel for its military offensive in the Palestinian-ruled areas of the West Bank. As a first step, some EU countries want to convene an early meeting of the EU-Israel free-association agreement, scheduled for December. The agreement, which grants Israel preferential trading terms, was signed in 1995 and came into force in 2000. It contains a human-rights clause that Belgium wants to invoke as one of the instruments to impose sanctions. Britain, Germany and the Netherlands are opposed to such suggestions because Israel would accuse the Europeans of being one-sided and because Europe's attempts in playing a greater diplomatic role in the region would be marginalised. [...] news.ft.com LOL... What a farce! As if Judeofascist Europe would ever have proceeded with its boycott BLUFF against Israel.... But now, the masquerade is all over: as EU ministers convene today in Luxembourg to discuss sanctions against Israel, they'll greedily snatch the bargaining chip offered by their Israeli friends: European Judeofascists will likely bamboozle public opinion by saying that, in order for them to be instrumental at the impending Mideast conference, they had but to scrap economic sanctions against Israel.... Talk about a face-saver! Hey, Europe's slyness won't stop there: they'll presumably call for Arafat to attend the conference --posturing once again as the Arabs' best ally... such a fraud! Just as the Americans were first to break Israel's quarantine of Arafat (Zinni), they're also the ones who are presently imposing him as the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. After all, who needs the European support after a THREE-HOURS meeting with the US Secretary of State??? As I said, the status quo dies hard.... Gus