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To: LindyBill who wrote (65542)	1/12/2003 4:27:36 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

we will never get anywhere until the Arabs want a deal there are two sides to the story, though. they might want some deals but not others. I think there are a significant number of hardliners here and in Israel whose idea of an acceptable "deal" is so unreasonable that even some Arabs who might otherwise being willing to negotiate aren't interested. Remember the moral of Churchill's history of WWII: In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill. It's number three that I'm most concerned about--what happens, as I just wrote to Nadine, if/when significant war-weariness sets in on the Pal side. The fact is that it's not only Arabs who are opposed to some kind of straightforward two-state solution, but a decent-sized and politically powerful chunk of Israelis as well. Unless there are some real breaks, it will require a strong, visionary leader to get past them; unfortunately, in the Middle East those types tend to get killed. tb@shalomhaver.com