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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5251)	6/20/2004 5:12:55 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

I was not aware of this background to the 1993 Oslo Accords: <<< ... Washington convened the Madrid conference .... But a problem arose at the conference. The Palestinian delegation was headed by Haydar 'Abd al-Shafi, a conservative nationalist known for his integrity and one of the most respected Palestinian figures. The delegation refused to agree to continued Israeli settlement programs in the occupied territories, thus deadlocking the negotiations, because the US and Israel refused to agree to this condition, even to consider it seriously. Recognizing that his public support was collapsing within the territories and the Palestinian diaspora, Yasir Arafat undercut the Palestinian delegation by secret negotiations with Israel, leading to the "Oslo process," initiated officially with much pomp in September 1993 at the White House. The wording of the Oslo agreements made it clear that they were a mandate for continued Israeli settlement programs, as the Israeli leadership (Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres) took no pains to conceal. For that reason, 'Abd al-Shafi refused to have anything to do with the official peace process ... >>> 7nebo.com Tom

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5251)	6/20/2004 5:38:07 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Some anecdotes on the early days of the Intifada - <<< ... When the head of military intelligence requested an inquiry into "how many bullets the IDF fired from the start of the hostilities," he and other generals were shocked to learn that in the first few days of the Intifada the IDF fired a million bullets and other projectiles — "a bullet for each child," one officer of the high command commented with disgust. Military sources confirmed a report that in one incident, a single shot, fired in the air to illustrate the reality to a European observer, evoked two solid hours of intense fire from Israeli troops and tanks. According to IDF accounting, the ratio of Palestinian to Israeli dead was almost twenty to one in the first month of the Intifada (seventy-five Palestinians, four Israelis), in areas under military occupation, with resistance scarcely going beyond stone throwing ... >>> 7nebo.com