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To: LindyBill who wrote (99630)	2/10/2005 12:18:04 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793900

Who knows, as ever with this website, to the degree this is true, but it certainly has interesting implications I don't know why Roger Simon sounds so skeptical, since debka's reaction is not extraordinary; all Israeli media is reacting the same. A little background is in order: Since forever, Israel has been trying to sit down for bilateral talks with its neighbors, while the Palestinians have tried to drag in the UN, the EU, the US if they must, to internationalize the conflict as far as possible. So what just happened? The heads of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the PA - really the only 4 players with any business to talk about the future of the West Bank and Gaza - just sat down at the table. As equals. Naturally, the Israelis see this a big win just for it to have happened. Even better, Mubarak said just recently that Arik Sharon, of all people, was the Palestinians' best hope for peace. Better still, Mubarak flew all four flags outside the meeting. At the previous Sharm conference just two years ago, as at all previous conferences in Egypt, Mubarak wouldn't sully himself to fly the flag of the 'Zionist Entity' or to talk to the Israeli pariahs without the presence of a mediator. All the Israelis are psyched, even though most expect Hamas or Hizbullah to blow up the cease-fire shortly. If Mubarak has decided to exert himself on the side of peace, things may actually start to happen. Now maybe Mubarak is acting just to get Bush to shut up about democratic reform in Egypt (Mubarak must have done a spit take when he heard the State of the Union), but hey, whatever works.