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To: art slott who wrote (26528)	4/22/2002 2:42:05 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Respond to of 281500

The real problem with the middle east is a lack of balance. Consider a scale, with one side showing those who want peace, the other with the side that wants the current situation to continue or wants to see one side or the other win, eliminating the other side. On the peace side are movements like Peace Now in Israel, some in the US, and some in Europe, with probably a few splinter groups on the Palestinian side, Jordan, Egypt (maybe), and a silent percentage in both Israel and the territories. On the war side is the Israel right wing, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP, the PA, Hezbolla, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, fundementalists in the Islamic world, and a large percentage of non-combatants in the territories, with a much smaller percentage in Israel. Until you have a balance (or a victor). What I am trying to say is that the ME conflict has people who are real and perceived stake holders. The problem, the real one, IMHO, is that too many of those stack holders, want to see this terrible situation continue. Until the broader spectrum of stake holders, no longer has a stake in the status quo, they will cause the status quo to continue. bill@itsamightybigproblem.com