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To: Mephisto who wrote (7497)	9/17/2003 11:30:39 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

Settlers tried to blow up school AP in Jerusalem Thursday September 18, 2003 The Guardian A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted three Israeli settlers of attempting to blow up an Arab girls' school in Jerusalem last year to avenge Arab attacks against Jews. Shlomo Dvir, Yarden Morag and Ofer Gamliel, all from the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin, were convicted of attempted murder and illegal weapons possession in connection with the failed attack in the Jerusalem Arab neighbourhood of A-Tur in April 2002. Sentences will be passed later. The convictions come against a background of mounting concern over the emergence of a new Jewish "underground", reminiscent of settler vigilantes who attacked Palestinians in the mid-1980s. The court found that Dvir and Morag parked an explosives-laden trailer outside the entrance to the school before dawn and set a timer for 7:25am, just as students would be arriving. The attack was aborted when a passing police cruiser became suspicious and found the trailer contained two bricks of explosives, cooking gas canisters, a clock, battery, detonator and fuse. Gamliel was found to have helped plan the attack. The judges rejected the defendants' claim that the device was for demonstration purposes, and that there was no intention of harming students. They said the men had meant to carry out a large-scale terror attack, to avenge Arab attacks against Jews that began with the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in September 2000. After the verdict was read, Morag and Dvir expressed regret for their action. Five men were recently arrested for allegedly plotting violence against Arabs, mostly around Hebron, where 500 Jewish settlers live in three tiny enclaves surrounded by 130,000 Palestinians. Three were freed last week. Palestinians say few prosecutions have resulted from nearly three years of violence, in which 2,457 people have been killed on the Palestinian side. On the Israeli side 850 people have been killed. guardian.co.uk

To: Mephisto who wrote (7497)	9/18/2003 12:01:10 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15516

M, I missed the part about Carter commenting on Dean, but joined the interview later. It was quite telling when Carter stated that only 1% of the people in Jordan agree with Bush on his whoring for Sharon. Perhaps the war of civilizations is on....Queen Noor notwithstanding

To: Mephisto who wrote (7497)	9/18/2003 5:40:52 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

Camp David is call for partners Wednesday, September 17, 2003 seattlepi.nwsource.com SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Some days, most days, we read the news headlines about the Middle East and wonder if there ever will be peace. Last week there were at least 20 terrorist attacks or attempted attacks against Israel. And, Israel strikes back when it finds a terrorist, using its military advantage to carry out what has been called "extra-judicial executions." Neither side is willing to trust the current leadership -- and there's little room for compromise, let alone carrying out any of the requirements of the road map to peace. But if there's ever a time to keep hoping -- and pushing for peace -- it's today, Sept. 17. Twenty-five years ago, after 12 days of Camp David negotiations, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a blueprint for the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab neighbor after four wars. The process wasn't any easier then -- but the leaders found a way, with help from President Carter. Cherif Bassiouni, an Egyptian negotiator, told The Associated Press that Sadat moved the process forward when both sides seemed stuck. "Did we come here to make war or peace?" Bassiouni recalled a finger-pointing Sadat shouting at an Israeli negotiator. The Israelis backed down, and Sadat made his point to both sides: Egyptians and Israelis were no longer rivals, but partners intent on the same goal. That spirit, that kind of partnership is needed today -- even if it means restoring a working alliance between two adversaries like Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat.