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To: slacker711 who wrote (97163)	5/1/2003 10:30:20 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Those settlements shouldnt exist anyway. The US would be able to gain positive PR for something that happens to be the right move anyway. Those settlements are chips in the poker game, S7. They will go when the Pals perform. No more "Land for Peace" without the Pals making a major change.

To: slacker711 who wrote (97163)	5/1/2003 10:37:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

So you think that the militant Palestinian groups have been holding back their attacks over the last two years? I have a real hard time seeing that being the case. Generally they have not been holding back, sometimes they have. You see, sometimes they get the word that right now would not be a good time for a big boom, and conversely, sometimes they really want to send a message. Of course, the thing itself is chancy since the Israelis have learned how to stop about 8 out of 10 attempts, so if they really want to send a message, they have to keep trying until one succeeds, as they just did. Seven attempts, one 'success' in the last two weeks. But whenever the Israelis do move back and lift the curfews, the militants just use the opportunity to kill more Israelis. There is at least the glimmer of an opportunity for peace here....it would be a crime to let it pass by. Fool's gold, slacker. There is hope for nothing while Arafat remains. Even Abu Mazen knows that Arafat's course is a catastrophe, but he's not strong enough to change it while Arafat is still there. Hasn't Arafat proved over and over that he doesn't care if all of Palestine is a slag heap, so long as he gets to sit on top of it?