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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5521)	1/21/2004 1:05:56 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

"Why is it that everyone — [Shin Bet] directors, chief of staff, former security personnel — after a long service in security organizations become the advocates of reconciliation with the Palestinians? Because they were there." said Yaakov Perry, whose term as security chief between 1988 and 1995 covered the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada. "We know the material, the people in the field, and surprisingly, both sides." shalomctr.org

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5521)	1/21/2004 1:10:21 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

Another brilliant essay by Ran HaCohen. This point is crucial: <<< ... Geneva enthusiasts – who are generally simply Oslo enthusiasts, a decade older but seldom wiser – tend to present the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as if it were SARS: a terrible illness, to which the cure has not yet been found; All we have to do is find the right medicine, take the pill and be healthy. This is a grave mistake. The Middle-East conflict is not SARS; it's more like pneumonia. Its cure has been known for decades. Except by official Israel, with its vested interest in keeping the status quo ... >>> antiwar.com Tom