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To: TimF who wrote (6719)	4/11/2004 2:49:44 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 15987

Who would make up this NATO force. I think personally I would like it to be a UN operation, with NATO command in control. But that would not exclude the use of Jordanian, Egyptian, Moroccan, and possibly Turkish troops (since they have friendly relations with Israel). And IMO, it would seem that the German people might be more inclined to commit troops to trying to resolve this conflict than they are towards getting involved in Iraq. And that would be fine with me... At least they are getting involved. I don't think it would work that way. The Palestinians would be focusing on Israel as their hated close by neighbor. I believe the Oslo accords would have be the baseline for a settlement. There was no "right to return" that I'm aware of in Oslo. And making further political and economic assistance contingent upon strict criteria, and distributed by these international entities, and not the PA, would likely become a major incentive towards "playing ball".. As Nadine rightly points out, the Palestinians already receive tremendous foreign aid, but the majority of it does not benefit the average Palestinian. The only way this could change would be for the donors to be directly involved in how it's utilized. My point is that the current situation is CERTAINLY NO WORKING and the only solution that I find immediately credible is to intervene directly and create that solution. Hawk