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To: JohnM who wrote (99872)	6/2/2003 12:17:50 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

That's the current state of play among the Palestinians at the moment. Correction, it was the state of play among the Palestinians ten years ago. By definition the state doesn't remain forever. given the past, I wouldn't bet on it. The past also shows that Arab revolts tend to last about three years. It's been two and a half years for this one. Thus, I'm afraid I still see the actions of the respective leaders, including Bush, as within the Algerian metaphor The Algerian metaphor is entirely unhelpful. Not only are the players on both sides quite different, but - here's the crucial point - the world doesn't care about the Algerian conflict, and lets both sides alone. Nothing could be further from the case in the Israeli/Pal conflict. Everybody meddles in that one.