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To: zonder who wrote (7463)	3/3/2004 9:42:10 AM
From: E. T.	Respond to of 20773

"To call Israel's brutal occupation of Palestinian territories and everyone in it "holding out an olive branch", you need to be VERY biased or extremely misinformed." Let's step back. In the 70s and for most of the 80s there was not the "brutal oppression" you speak of. I had pleny of hippy friends hang with the Palestinians in Jerusalem and in occupied areas. They didn't have their autonomy, but it sure was looking like one day the two peoples were going to be one country. It looked that way to my friends and to a lot of Israelis. Palestinian by the tens of thousands if not more, went to work every day in Israel. Then the bombing and terror tactics began. Israel became more restrictive on entry into the country, then there came checkpoints and as the terror escalated so did the Israeli response. The PA leadership sought to have their people oppressed so they would rise up against Israel. Israel made a valid peace offering to the PA in 2000, the PA leadership chose suicide bombing instead. The PA under the Oslo Accord PROMISED to forego terrorism and pursue their aims through dialogue.... Israel was living up to many of its Oslo promises and i can't think of one that the PA did. I think it is too late for the Palestinian people, they support corrupt leaders, who chose not to talk. The Palestinian situation today has much to do with their leaders' pursuit of power and money. They do not want to live alongside Jews. Why are there no more Jewish communities in any arab country today when there were once literally thousands. You can throw some blame at Israel, but if I were you, I'd heap a whole lot more scorn on Arafat and his cronies for the situation Palestinians find themselves in today.