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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (114)	7/7/2002 11:55:57 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 3959

There are reports that even though he fired the security chief Rajoub, Rajoub who was initially angry at Arafat for his sacking has since rallied behind him. Nope, all Rajoub has said is that he won't lead his troops in a rebellion. He only has 4,000 men. He still calls his sacking a big mistake. Arafat just fired Tirawi too, he's firing everybody but his Tunisian cronies. haaretzdaily.com Arafat can't last long like this. The IDF thinks he'll be gone in six months. haaretzdaily.com Hence to solve the Middle East crisis, we need to solve both the need for a Israeli homeland whose existence is recognized by its neighbors as well as the needs of the Palestenians for their own country. Bush's proposal does not address those two needs But Clinton's did. If you'll recall, they were rejected. It's that actual recognizing of Israel that Arafat couldn't do at the pinch. The proposals are not lacking, Chinu, what's lacking is a Palestinian leader actually willing to make peace. New proposals won't solve that lack, but perhaps a nasty, grinding war -- that looks like what we're in for -- will change that. What Bush said, if you haven't digested the message, is that Sharon has permission to fight that war, as long as he doesn't get too dramatic about it.