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To: tejek who wrote (188900)	5/20/2004 7:21:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574095

I am looking at it from an economic theorem point of view......something to which you seem to relate well. The Palestinians have a much lower marginal value [MV]; hence they have less to lose. If your stock investment is 100 shares that are worth $1 each or a million that are worth $100 each you can lose 100% either way. If you truly have nothing then there isn't much reason to care about losing 100% of nothing, but even the Palestinians do have the ability to lose. Things could get a lot worse for them. Yes a wealthier person has more to lose, but both the Palestinians and the Israelis can lose everything and the Palestinians are IMO more likely to lose everything the the Israelis. However I think it more likely that something like the status quo will continue for awhile. I don't think either side will face genocide or "ethnic cleansing" any time soon. Its always much better to be in that position rather than the reverse. I disagree. I'd rather have more to lose. Its usually better to be powerful and wealthy then it is to be poor and comparatively weak. There is grousing on the part of the Palestinians but its minor relative to the pain the Israelis are feeling. I would say that the Palestinians are feeling a lot more pain, but we hear less griping because 1 - They are a bit more used to it, 2 - Griping against Hamas and the PLO is probably not very healthy in the Palestinian controlled areas. It looks to me that time is on the side of the Palestinians, not the Israelis. I don't think time is really on anyone's side. The Palestinian population is growing faster but not enough to cause a major shift in the balance of power. Tim