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To: SilentZ who wrote (166075)	3/28/2003 1:26:20 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585099

>I didn't say they wanted to keep the entire West Bank. They would carve out the pieces not settled by the Palestinians and/or those that have been settled by the Israelis, and leave the Palestinians in their city refugee camps.......much like the Union of S. Africa was set up. This would permit Israel to have the best of both worlds........a piece of the WB that's ethnically clean, and access to the huge aquifer under the WB and control over the water. Barak offered the Palestinians over 90% of the West Bank, and the parts that weren't offered (due to security reasons or settlements with 100,000+ inhabitants near the border- Maaleh Adumim and Gush Etzion) were to be compensated with land from Israel proper that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. A major part of problem why Barak did not get very far was because of the Syria/Golan Hts issue. Neither the Israelis nor the Syrians are very moveable on this issue and it kept things pretty much in the air during Barak's term. And this is typical........since the Oslo Accord in the early 90s and after Rabin's assassination, the Israelis have done nothing but drag their feet with one excuse after another. Netanyahu played with the issue throughout his term and clearly, did not want an independent Palestinian state. With Barak, there was the Syrian issue plus not enough time. The past ten years have been nothing but a push-pull with subject on the part of Israel. Bottom line: At best, I think Israel has been ambivalent about Palestinian statehood.......they are afraid of losing control over the Palestinians. And now the suicide bombers have confirmed their worst fears, and conveniently given them a good excuse not to agree to Palestinian independence. That leaves the US between a rock and a hard place........I think we need to pull back and start reducing our aid to Israel. Israel is too small a country for us to be taking such a PR beating globally. ted Sharon's plan does leave open the possibility of setting up South-Africa-esqu bantustans, but Barak's definitely did not. -Z