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To: bentway who wrote (191047)	7/6/2006 2:57:45 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

It probably wouldn't work, but it would take away the entire Pal argument. They would have absolutely NO moral leg to stand on, having gotten everything they asked for. Not 98%, but EVERYTHING they've asked for. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure the "entire Pal argument" as you put it, is that Palestine, which includes Isreal, Gaza, and the West Bank, was taken away from them by the newcomer Israelis in Israel's war of independence in 1947/8. That's why Hamas calls for the destruction of Israel, and the reinstatement of historic Palestine. I think if you look at a map from the 1800's Palestine is going to fall about exactly where Israel/WB/Gaza are today. So even if Israel were to return to the "green line", it doesn't give Palestinians everything they ask for. What the rest of the world calls Israel they consider part of Palestine.

To: bentway who wrote (191047)	7/6/2006 1:23:52 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It probably wouldn't work, but it would take away the entire Pal argument. They would have absolutely NO moral leg to stand on, having gotten everything they asked for. No, they would reject deal for the same reason that Arafat rejected the Taba accords - the right of return, by which they mean the right of return of Palestinians to Israel, not Palestine. The negotiaters had actually agreed on territorial boundaries in those negotiations. Right of return was the deal-breaker.