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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48114)	9/29/2002 9:09:13 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

I agree with Steinburg. Since the Palestinians were challenging Arafat for the horrible blowback resulting from his campaign of terror, it would have been foolish to have given him the media attention a long siege would have provided. Perhaps there was also some US nudging, letting Israel know that this was not a propitious time to allow the media to bring the Palestinian issue into the forefront. It's best to let the Palestinians deal with him.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48114)	9/29/2002 10:23:45 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Small glimmers of hope from the Mideast. The PA says it's going to turn the intifada non-violent: PA: Non-violence encouraged pullback By LAMIA LAHOUD AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH Palestinian Authority officials and Fatah leaders said on Sunday they would try to turn the Palestinian uprising into peaceful mass protests, in an effort to convince the international community and the Israeli peace camp that Palestinians want to end the occupation, but seek to live in peace with Israel. jpost.com My question: who is going to persuade Hamas and PIJ to sign onto this program, and what about the orders from Iran and Iraq? So I have no expectations, esp. considering that the PA has been "officially" condemning terrorism for the whole intifada, but it's still a glimmer of pragmatism. Also, Israel Arabs held a rally to mark the 2nd birthday of the intifada, which was observed with kid-gloves peacefulness on all sides: ANALYSIS : Signs of soul-searching among Israeli Arabs By DAVID RUDGE Winds of change appear to be blowing through the Israeli Arab community on the eve of a memorial day to mark the deaths of 13 Arabs killed during the widespread riots in October 2000. Parades and services are to be held tomorrow in towns and villages where the fatalities occurred. The monitoring committee of the Israeli Arab leadership decided to designate October 1 as the official memorial day. This follows a mass march and rally in Kafr Manda in Lower Galilee on Saturday, during which an estimated 10,000 denounced government policies toward the Palestinian people and its leadership, especially Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. The rhetoric, however, was more muted than might have been expected, given the siege of Arafat's Mukata compound in Ramallah and the event's marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the intifada and the deaths of the 13. jpost.com The Israeli Arabs are emotionally pulled to being Palestinians (most now self-identify as such), but they have more to lose than the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza.