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To: Elroy who wrote (327553)	2/27/2007 1:39:57 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1577920

The question is not what I want, but whether it could bring peace to the region. I don't think it would bring peace to the region. Also the question is indeed to an extent what you want (or really what Israel wants). Israel would have to accept the agreement. I see a good reason for them to reject it. In the US's case as I understand we are already taking in Iraqi refugees. A relative handful. That's essentially the Pasreal plan, on a small scale. The scale matters. Taking a handful is a lot less then taking a noticeable fraction of your population each year, with the total to eventually come in being close to equal to your current population. The difference in scale is enough that quantiatively different becomes qualitatively different. Also I imagine we screen Iraqis we let in. Some might not like the US, some with terrorist sympathies could slip through, but they are screen. You can't easily screen the population of a nation entering your country. Lastly the Palestinians have more hate of Israel, and a larger history of violence against Israel, then the Iraqis do against the US. Finally, if terrorism by new entrants into Pasreal is problematic, fine. Stop the transition program after a year, and expel all the recent entrants. It didn't work. There could be something like a 1 year probation program for new Pal refugees which have become citizens - if they are bringing chaos with them, they get booted right back out into the refugee hell of the territories. What if you don't know who committed the terrorist act, or if you can't catch them. Also pushing out thousands of new immigrants is a lot harder than not permitting them in in the first place, both logistically, and in terms of politics. (The Internal politics of Israel might support it, but internationally the move would be unpopular, and allowing some in and than kicking them out would be more likely to incite violence from Palestinians then not allowing them in, in the first place.