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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (6819)	3/9/2004 9:00:50 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Kerry: Arafat is an outlaw to peace By AP John Kerry says he no longer considers Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to be a statesman, but rather "an outlaw to the peace process" in the Middle East who has been rightly shuffled aside. In a 1997 book, Kerry described "Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman." But in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday he said he no longer views Arafat favorably. Advertisement "Obviously, Yasser Arafat has been an impediment to the peace process," said Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting. "He missed a historic opportunity and he's proved himself to be irrelevant." The Bush administration has ruled out dealing with Arafat, claiming he is tainted with terror against Israel, a close US ally. In peace process, the administration has dealt only with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other senior Palestinian officials appointed by Arafat. Referring to the Palestinian leader as a statesman would be potentially damaging in Florida, which has a heavy Jewish population and a Democratic primary Tuesday. Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas also hold primaries Tuesday. "He was (a statesman) in 1995," Kerry said, recalling frequent White House meetings between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in search of peace in the Middle East. "He blew his opportunity in 1999, 2000," Kerry said. "As far as I'm concerned, he's an outlaw to the peace process."

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (6819)	3/9/2004 2:40:46 PM
From: steve kammerer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

"In 2000, the negotiations at Taba did not fall apart over land. The two sides had agreed on borders. It fell apart over the "right of return", which is the right to destroy Israel by swamping it with millions of "refugees", the great majority of whom never saw the places they are supposed to be refugees from." The majority of the Palestinians have said they would accept compensation. You don't want to address that fact because it keeps the status quo going. This falacious argument that Israel is fighting to exist. The problem is that Israel does not have the right to exist by having control over all the land. I'm not under impression that terror began in 67. Irgud, Stern gang, biographies of early Israeli leaders admit to many acts of terrorism to drive out the Palestians so that a jewish state could exist. Now pay the reparations. Nadine, Clinton's deal was a disaster. I don't know if you are an American who is mistaken or an Israeli working on propaganda. The deal was 3 pieces of non contiguous land, continued settlements and the highways and troops. Israeli checkpoints to go from one piece of country to the other. Israel keeps the aquifers. No passport authority. Nadine, the Palestinians were not the ones who were fighting in 47, 48 and all the other wars. You even talked about Jordan sending fedayeen to blow up civilians. Note, not Palestinians. Who was blowing up Palestinians earlier? Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq are some of the countries Israel was fighting with. You then have all the hatred directed to the Palestinians as if all Arabs were the same. They had no part in it. They were driven out. Maybe all Arabs are the same like all jews are the same?