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To: slacker711 who wrote (31603)	6/5/2002 7:45:01 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Will he be willing to negotiate in good faith and make the sacrifices that would be necessary for peace? Sharon's not a liar, unlike Arafat, and I think even in the Likud the dream of Greater Israel has died. But he's not prepared to offer squat to Yasser Arafat -- why should he? Arafat wants Palestine instead of Israel, not next to Israel, and every deal Arafat signs is worthless before the ink dries. Do you think that rewarding Arafat's behavior of the last two years will improve Israeli security?

To: slacker711 who wrote (31603)	6/6/2002 9:20:46 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Obviously, Arafat's credability is nill....but the question for Bush is how much can he trust Sharon? Will he be willing to negotiate in good faith and make the sacrifices that would be necessary for peace? Of course, the nice part about the Sharon side of the equation is that the Israeli middle would throw him out of office if they thought he was bypassing a chance for peace. Right. Plus, the US has the economic means to exert considerable pressure on Sharon. That kind of leverage does not exist over Arafat. Reading the newspaper today was interesting. Bush, through Fleischer, is starkly said to view Arafat as being lacking in credibility. I don't recall the exact language but it seemed to be unusually harsh, even for a plain-spoken President.