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To: William B. Kohn who wrote (68714)	1/25/2003 1:38:37 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I disagree that a settlement of the Isr/PA issue would hurt the Islamofascists, on the contrary it would be a boon. They would have recognized borders from which to launch terror attacks against what remains of Israel, and Israel would be forced to abide by those borders and be forced not to use 'hot pursuit' in its defense. That depends whether there is a real settlement between two democracies, or establishment of an Arafatistan. In the second case, it would be a boon for the Islamists, but any kind of settlement would also hurt them. For guerillas, worse is better; any settlement that makes the common folk long for peace and not war is not advantageous for them. After all, that was why Hamas invented suicide bus bombing in 1994, when Rabin was still alive and peace looked likely. A fact that Mr. Lewis likes to forget.