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To: carranza2 who wrote (25345)	4/15/2002 3:15:57 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Israel can make peace -- but I do not believe Sharon can make peace. When did Sharon ever make peace? I know Arafat has been involved in a peace process -- but Sharon? I only know him as somebody who seeks a military solution to the issues. When was it ever different?

To: carranza2 who wrote (25345)	4/15/2002 4:02:06 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I see there is another response to your post, carranza, which states my thought. The problem as I see it is not that Israel cannot make peace (whoa, that's far more than a double negative, but perhaps you get the thought). But rather than Sharon cannot. His hatred of Arafat; his reputation given the two prior severe incidents; and his political vulnerability. All suggest he can't make a piece. Or if it is made, it will have to be in the context of an entire settlement--recognition, 67 boundaries, symbolic dealing with the right of return, etc. But, with that thought comes its corollary. The anger levels are simply too high, the bitterness too deep for that right now.