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To: tejek who wrote (214905)	1/15/2005 1:21:01 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571862

>And so it continues but, of course, Arafat was the problem! Arafat was one of a number of problems. I haven't been following this situation much lately, but... Over the last few months since Arafat's death, I know that while Israel remains less helpful and more heavy-handed than I'd like and while our country has remained stupidly unengaged from the situation, but Sharon has: -Pushed through his Gaza disengagement plan, which could've killed his career -Embraced Shimon Peres and Yossi Beilin and much of the Israeli left -Alienated much of the fanatic right -Discussed closing some West Bank settlements This is all much more than I'd have ever expected him to do, in a good way (though he really needs to do much more). In the meantime, Abbas has: -Said that he will not disarm Hamas and the other militant groups -Tried to embraced Hamas and the other militant groups -Used the term "The Zionist Enemy" to refer to Israel, a term that's normally only used by the militant groups, and one that implies that Israel is illegitimate and shouldn't exist. My jury's still out on Abbas (though I didn't expect much from a guy who wrote his college thesis saying the Holocaust didn't happen), and I'm willing to give him quite a bit more time, given that things are relatively peaceful there, but I think he's just another part of the problem. Having said all that, I really don't give a crap; there's too much to worry about elsewhere and this situation just seems intractable. -Z