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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (25540)	1/8/2005 1:32:04 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

The wheels came off the process when the progressive Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right wing whacko, and the subsequent Prime minister, Sharon was not able, nor did he want to proceed with the peace process. Arafat was no fan of the hawkish Sharon either. Therefore a single assassin's bullet changed the game in the ME and robbed the world of the best chance for peace in decades. Is the problem Arafat?...partly. But Sharon is responsible for the impasse as well. Rabin had paid with his life for his courage, resolve and commitment to the principles embodied in the agreements he signed with the Arabs. Now, eight years after his death, Israeli politics are dominated by an extremist right led by a notorious war criminal whose bloodthirstiness remains unchecked by a debilitated left and a virtually paralysed pro-peace movement. In addition, apart from its extra special relationship with the US, Israel is more isolated internationally than ever, regarded the world over as akin to a "renegade" and, perhaps, even a pariah state. Even in Europe, the tide of popular opinion has turned against Israel. In a recent EU poll, 59 per cent of the respondents deemed Israel a major threat to world peace and security. weekly.ahram.org.eg Orca