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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (22224)	12/20/2004 7:26:06 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81111

Ray > there's something to the AIPAC sting. I'm just not quite sure what it is Yes, I'm not either and I don't want to indulge in wild speculation about it because I find it hard to believe that the US is behind any scheme to compel Sharon to make peace with the Palestinians, and not on his terms. web.israelinsider.com >>Now, it would appear, Sharon is being forced to retreat from all these positions. Shimon Peres, head of the Labor party, his new coalition partner, has called for Israel to turn over control of ports to the Palestinians, enabling air and sea access for improved weapons, and for Israel to withdraw from the Philadelphi route, relying on the Egyptian to police the border and prevent tunnels (although who needs tunnels when you can ship it in or fly it in?). Sharon clearly is no longer in control of the process. He is already being dragged headlong beyond the "red lines" he set as conditions for the far-reaching process he initiated. No wonder the leader of the Labor party's negotiating team said he was "groveling" for their entry into the government. In the days and weeks to come, we can expect to see increasing pressure from the Americans and the Europeans for Sharon to make increasing concessions. The silk glove treatment he has enjoyed till now is likely to yield to brass knuckles from the Americans, British and other Europeans should the Israeli Prime Minister stray from the Quartet-dictated roadmap, perhaps strengthened by a "peace conference" in London or elsewhere. << Very curious, indeed. Unless, of course, the US is now panicking because of the hiding it is getting in Iraq and whatever derives from that. Meanwhile, the Zionist fundamentalists are not taking lightly the idea of giving up territory, after all, they stole it fair and square. israelnationalnews.com >>They did not bring specific examples," Bedein noted, "such as the evacuation plan, nor something that I consider even more grave, Clause 5 of the disengagement plan which calls upon Israel to train terrorist security forces in Gaza; helping an enemy in time of war would seem to be a clearly illegal order. In addition, the transfer plan calls upon soldiers to abandon property, including synagogues, to the enemy. None of these examples were mentioned; the intention was only to teach the general principles. I'm sure that if there is a Part II dealing with practical issues, which I anticipate will happen soon, these examples will be brought up." <<