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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (102072)	6/19/2003 2:43:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>You keep speaking as if only Israel would be more forthcoming and take the "moral high ground", then the Palestinians would meet them half way.<< No, ma'am. I don't believe that there is an identifiable political entity known as "the Palestinians." I don't believe that Hamas speaks for the majority of Palestinians. I may be wrong, here, but human nature being what it is, most people just want to get on with their lives and are motivated into violence only in extremis. The true voice of Israel can be heard when the settlers claim that settlement housing is "cheaper" than in Israel proper. If you factor in the cost of the IDF protection, there ain't no way it's cheaper. As you suggest ("If Israel hadn't built any settlements in the territories, the Palestinians would now be demanding the 1947 partition") Israel has much to gain by prolonging the situation. Please forgive the rest of us if we're tired of it. I wouldn't care except for the fact that I pay taxes to keep this going, and thus am blamed for it. Thus, my argument that we should cut out the subsidies and let the parties resolve the problem themselves, OR, since we are financially involved, demand accountability. From all sides. If Israel doesn't like it, the answer is easy. Don't cash the checks.