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To: michael97123 who wrote (244773)	10/12/2007 12:39:17 PM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thats a very good point!...... Its often been pointed out how arabs have given so little real support to palastinians.... most likely out of shear indifference to what happens to those one considers dirt. I will add that there is nothing unusual in having that attitude.

To: michael97123 who wrote (244773)	10/13/2007 4:04:09 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As i read this, its not israel per se that bothered the arabs, it was the betrayal of their nationalism by Europe. The Arabs didn't have that much nationalism as Europe understood it. Their problem with diplomatic negotiations was that they heard diplomatic ambiguity and turned it in their own minds into firm promises for everything their wanted. Then they would make demands for everything they wanted instead of figuring out what they actually had a chance of getting and going for that. The Arab leaders were both cut out of the negotiations and cut themselves out by not knowing how to play the game. As I understand it (mostly from Patai and other sources), Arabs are at a deep disadvantage in European negotiatons because they are culturally unable to make face-to-face concessions.