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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7807)	9/12/2003 10:48:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793818

I think they should target Hamas and Islamic Jihad along with their sponsors. IMHO They are going to get rid of Arafat and all the rest of them. Then build a wall and wait for the Pals to come to their senses. If it takes 100 years, so be it. The best thing we could do is cut off "refugee" payments to though the UN. All they do is finance terror.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7807)	9/12/2003 11:32:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793818

No, Chinu, if Arafat were merely a senile figurehead, then Abu Mazen could have sidelined him. According to what I've read, Abu Mazen really considers the intifada a disaster and wants to stop it - at least he's convinced a number of Israelis of this, Israelis whom I regard as skeptical types. But Abu Mazen was outmaneuvered; Arafat kept the money, 60% of the police, and his ability to out-manipulate his rivals. So Abu Mazen is out, even though he was careful to keep pledging his loyalty to Arafat all the way through. Abu Ala has made no pretence of being anything other than Arafat's man. Think of Arafat as a powerful CEO, getting on in years, who is making many bad decisions, but can't be thrown out because he's got the Board of Directors in his pocket, through favors, bribes, loyalty, or outright blackmail. He has also personalized the company brand to such an extent that the board and all the employees fear the company will go bankrupt as soon as the CEO dies (he will never retire).