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To: jcky who wrote (32950)	6/24/2002 2:08:00 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

While it may be true there are some Arabs who may still feel this way, this is not a practical reality the Palestinians can achieve, at least, not while the United States is supporting Israel unequivocally. You know that, jcky, and I know that (even with far from "unequivocal" support -- would truly "unequivocal" support be talking about declaring a Palestinian state after two years of terrorism? Arafat would be long gone if support were really unequivocal), but the Palestinians don't seem to know that. The Boston Globe had an article today where a Palestinian political scientist noted the "confusion of goals" for the intifada, with half going for a settlement and half going for the destruction of Israel (which agrees with the latest poll cf. Message 17586567 ). Of course a Gandhi style campaign would have been effective against Israelis. But simple observation will tell you that the Palestinians have always used terrorism as as a tactic of first resort, not last resort, and against their own as well as the Jews. This goes right back to the days of the Mufti. They were unable to really "study and cater" to western moral values (save for PR) because they do not share them. No one who admires totalitarianism will be able to carry off a non-violent campaign. BTW, have you seen this new example of Palestinian education? israeliguy.blogspot.com