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

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (8165)	11/28/2004 1:21:40 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Perhaps I'm crazy but I'd like to post an article that gives hope for peace. Sharon and Abbas Say They Are Willing to Meet Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:10 AM ET By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in interviews published Sunday they would be willing to meet, though such talks were unlikely before a Jan. 9 Palestinian election. A spokesman for Sharon said Israel would try to use a summit with Abbas "to exploit a window of opportunity" created by the death of Yasser Arafat and move with the Palestinians toward reviving a violence-stalled peace "road map." "When they would like to meet, we will meet," Sharon told Newsweek magazine, when asked whether he was ready to hold talks with Abbas, a moderate former prime minister seen as a potential peacemaker by Israel and the United States. Sharon also suggested he would try to discuss with the Palestinians his plan to remove unilaterally next year all 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza and four of 120 in the West Bank. In a separate Newsweek interview, Abbas said: "After the elections, I'm ready to meet at any time with Sharon." Abbas, who took over from Arafat as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, is the leading candidate to replace him as president in the ballot in the Palestinian territories. "There's nothing to prevent a meeting with Ariel Sharon or the Israeli government but it is essential to take the necessary time to convene such a meeting," Abbas told reporters in Cairo, where he was speaking at the Arab League. Israel rejected any talks with Arafat, accusing the late president of fomenting bloodshed in a Palestinian uprising that began in 2000. Arafat, who died of an undisclosed illness in a French hospital on Nov. 11, always denied the allegation. COORDINATION ON GAZA Since Arafat's death, Sharon has softened his opposition to Palestinian Authority involvement in the planned pullout from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, saying he hoped to avoid a withdrawal under fire from militants. "I am going to make every effort to coordinate our disengagement plan with the new Palestinian government -- one that can assume control over areas we evacuate," Sharon said. Abbas said the Palestinians were not yet ready to handle security in Gaza but hoped it would be possible. "Now we have some sort of chaos, especially in Gaza," Abbas said. "We are ready to take (Gaza) when we rebuild our security apparatus. If you tell me (do it) now, I'll say I cannot, but I'm working very hard to rebuild the security apparatus." Sharon pledged Israel would keep its troops away from Palestinian towns during the January election. Israel "will take all the necessary steps to enable them to conduct their elections with as little interference as possible -- by opening the roads and taking our forces out of their towns," Sharon said. Looking ahead toward a new Palestinian leadership, Sharon's spokesman, Raanan Gissin, said there could be no quick fixes in getting the peace process back on track. "There can be no way that we can advance on the road map to peace if the Palestinians try to bypass it or take short cuts ... without really stopping terrorist activity or dismantling terrorist organizations," Gissin said. Palestinians accuse Israel of failing to adhere to the road map's call for a freeze on "all settlement activity" on land it occupied in the 1967 Middle East war. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright Reuters 2004. All rights reserved. Any copying, re-publication or re-distribution of Reuters content or of any content used on this site, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent of Reuters. Quotes and other data are provided for your personal information only, and are not intended for trading purposes. Reuters, the members of its Group and its data providers shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the quotes or other data, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. © Reuters 2004. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (8165)	11/29/2004 12:29:43 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Perhaps The only difference between a moderate and a militant is the length of their beards, but perhaps there are more fundamental differences between the radical Muslims and the "moderate" ones. There is a large difference between fundamental and reformed Jews. The difference between the evangelical and C & E Christians is stark. We need more information before going off half-cocked. It is made more difficult by the fact the Koran is not moderate. Muslims must face the idea of Koran constructionism. Will it be accepted? If so, them perhaps only slowly.