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To: Elroy who wrote (238286)	7/30/2007 12:34:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Uhmmm, if it is so obvious then why isn't Israel encouraging it rather than encouraging a prolonged Pal civil war by propping up Abbas in the West Bank? Don't be stupid. It's been tried many times. Arafat's reaction to investment proposals was to say: give me $10 million dollars. For what, the investors asked. For my Swiss bank account, he answered. That really happened when Hilton proposed building a hotel in Gaza. Surprise, surprise, no hotel was built. intiate peace discussions with Gaza on terms that Israel and Gaza can agree on, which could include recognition of Jewish Israel That was a previous agreement. Hamas has reneged and declared that it will never recognize Israel. All Hamas is prepared to offer is a "hudna" a temporary truce, which will be continually broken by other deniable organizations, and by Hamas whenever it likes. How much you want Israel to pay for that? There are no terms Israel and Hamas can agree on, except on the truce level, managing the conflict. Hamas can agree to hold back shelling on pain of an IDF invasion, that sort of thing. You keep forgetting Step One of diplomacy.