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To: GST who wrote (25339)	4/15/2002 2:34:29 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You forget history and its implications for the present. What makes you think that Israel cannot make peace? Ask the Egyptians after Israel made peace with it, giving back the Sinai it had won in '73. The problem is the existence of a violent Islamist contingent which will never accept peace with Israel. Sadat gave his life to this contingent as a result of accepting peace with Israel and normalizing relations with it. Hamas and the Hizbollah (and a number of other groups to numerous to mention) reject the notion of a negotiated peace without qualification whatsover--I've no doubt that they are serious. Thus, even if Arafat were to agree to a peace, there is no guarantee that they would accept it. It may be (though I don't think so) that Arafat is between Scylla and Charybdis. He feels intense pressure for a negotiated peace, and may even want it in his heart of hearts, yet he knows that Islamist terror groups will continue their violence against Israel even if he should make peace. He does not want to meet Sadat's fate, so he may feel no compunction to negotiate, especially now that he thinks things are going well for him.