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To: Joe NYC who wrote (176324)	10/9/2003 8:40:21 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571401

Previous president (Clinoton) went as far as one can go with Arafat, and Arafat didn't come through. Bush tried to bypass Arafat, but Arafat is still there pulling strings. Bush didn't even mention Palestine for two years and then did only as a political favor to blair. You can't succeed at something if you don't try. Same in NK. Al

To: Joe NYC who wrote (176324)	10/9/2003 10:59:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571401

That's not true. Carter succeded in sponsoring a landmark agreement and Clinton came very close to another. Your president is afraid of failure he is not willing to try? Previous president (Clinoton) went as far as one can go with Arafat, and Arafat didn't come through. Bush tried to bypass Arafat, but Arafat is still there pulling strings. You need to tell the whole story. During his term, Netanyahu put the Oslo Accord on the back burner for years. Then, when Barak came into power, he restarted negtations with the Palestinians. However, there were some minor problems. First, Israel wasn't prepared to give the Palestinians the entire occupied territories. They offered them a mini state around Jericho and a little in Gaza. Then they offered a little more. The concept was that if the Palestinians were good, then at some future date they would get a little more. Maybe, if they were lucky, after a hundred years, their state would be what was left of the occupied terroritories. What kind of horseshit is that? Naturally, the Palestinians were suspicious and resisted. Finally, Barak offers to give them 95% of the occupied territories. The Knesset went bullshit.......particularly, the Likud party. At the same time, Arafat reasserted the Palestinian's demand for Right of first Refusal and that was all she wrote. Negotiating with the Israelis is like negotiating with Satan. And the Israelis ain't going to let a Palestinian state happen because they desperately want the water unter the West Bank. They already are taking some. I think all Americans should write their Congresspeople and encourage them to reduce American aid to Israel. Its time for America to back off. I refuse to back a country who is playing a very dirty game of hardball. The Europeans have this one very right! ted