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To: JohnM who wrote (28362)	5/4/2002 9:01:54 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As for your convictions that no deal is possible with Arafat, it also seems likely, with the same degree of conviction that no deal is possible with Sharon or Netanyahu in power No, no, and no. Have you understood nothing about Israel, to say this? Sharon and Netanyahu are leaders of a government that abides by its agreements. Sharon dismantled the Sinai settlements in 1979. Netanyahu did not abrogate the Oslo accords when he was Prime Minister, though he disagreed with them. If a majority of the Israelis support a peace agreement, then Netanyahu or Sharon will make peace and abide by it. What makes it impossible is that the Israelis see that they have only a gang of terrorists to talk to, who have never kept ANY agreement, with the whole Arab world egging them on.

To: JohnM who wrote (28362)	5/4/2002 11:16:42 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

To the good fortune of 5 Million Israeli's, you don't make decisions Israel's borders.

To: JohnM who wrote (28362)	5/5/2002 6:14:41 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

..that for Israel to continue the occupation is to place themselves in the same jeopardy as the French in Algeria. The connection between the two is tenuous. The French were colonialists in the classic sense--not so the Israelis. The Algerian rebels had competent leadership. Ben Bella and Arafat (and even Boumedienne) cannot be compared. The Algerians had an honest to goodness army--it was in Morocco, separated from Algeria by imposing physical barriers, but neverthless it was an army. The French saw little of the war in France; not so the Israelis. The present conflict is internatonalized and has foreign policy implications for a number of nations other than the combatants--not so in Algeria. C2@comparisonsareodious.com