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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (100881)	6/9/2003 2:19:10 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Jacob, Wow! I thought your shrill attitude was local to American politics, but now realize it has no bounds. Next you will be pontificating on morality to extra-terrestrials. The next time I read you (or Steven) berating the Bushies on their attempts at remaking the middle east - I will think of the pomposity you have shown at interpreting Indian history and the certainty that you exclaim at having a lock on truth. btw - Most peoples knock against Gandhi - was his conceding partition, not his fighting it. John

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (100881)	6/10/2003 1:21:43 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

IDF dismantles 10 outposts; Settlers vow to return Haaretz 10/06/2003 IDF troops dismantled Monday night and Tuesday morning the first 10 of an initial 15 illegal West Bank settlement outposts slated for removal under the terms of the U.S.-backed road map peace plan, The IDF evacuation effort, dubbed Operation Naked Hilltop, could last for several days, Israel Radio said... Five more outposts are to be cleared in the coming days, four of which are inhabited - Gilad Farm (which has been evacuated four times in the past, most recently in October 2002), Nofei Nehemia, "693," next to Yitzhar, and Sh'vei Shomron to the west. Military sources said that the army intends to remove a total of 94 outposts in the near future. The move was hailed by Washington. But Palestinian officials greeted it with derision. "This is a theatrical and insignificant step," said Nabil Abu Rdainah, a top aide to Yasser Arafat. haaretzdaily.com My comment: Sharon is withdrawing, and negotiating, while Palestinian attacks continue. I am surprised, and encouraged, because I thought (mistakenly, it appears), that the process would stop here. 94 outposts meets my definition of "non-token". If the Israelis really do dismantle 94 outposts, and there is no reciprocal action by the Palestinians, Bush may let Sharon expel Arafat, and take whatever measures Sharon wants to, against Hamas. And they'll deserve it.