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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (106172)	7/17/2003 11:41:48 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

Israeli non-compliance with Road Map: Alongside the basic conditions for the hudna, Israel is obligated - by several articles in the first stage of the road map - to remove all illegal outposts established since March 2001 and to ease significantly the living conditions of the Palestinians. A month ago, Israel may have shown some determination to remove the illegal outposts, but it seems that since the hudna began, that effort has ceased: nothing is known about any further action to remove outposts. Israel's commitment to withdraw to positions its forces held before the intifada is also not being met. The IDF has pulled out of most of the Gaza Strip and from the heart of Bethlehem, but it is in direct control of the other West Bank cities and checkpoints prevent freedom of movement for Palestinian civilians. The interim result is that the PA and its prime minister, who declared an end to the armed intifada, cannot point to a single tangible achievement since the Aqaba summit. haaretz.com

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (106172)	7/20/2003 6:54:55 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Jacob, under 18 isn't "child". I'm very cynical when I hear that children have been maltreated etc by Israel and others. A 17 year old is NOT a child [other than in extreme instances]. They are a minor. A child has to be prepubescent in my book. After puberty, it's an insult to them to call them a child and they will not like the description [unless it gets them off the hook for some antisocial behaviour] An 80 kg thug heaving rocks or molotov cocktails or shooting people is not a child. Even if they are a misguided 17 year old. Or 16 year old. Or 15 year old. Mqurice