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Liquor Dealer · 05-09-2003, 03:46 PM

I really don't think they are being given an option. Someone or something is leaning on them very hard. The settlement issue is definitely on the table and Israel will have to abandon many of those settlements. I understand that most of the settlements are considered illegal even by Israel. The current attitude being expressed by Israel toward Syria and others appears to be conducive to a lot of fences being mended. The extreme hard feelings that exist are going to take time and a lot of patience on the part of both Israel and Palestine - something neither side has ever demonstrated much of. The current economic state of Palestine may lend a bit of urgency in their attepts to reach an understanding. The threat of missile attack on Israel no longer exists and this was one of the biggest reasons behind a lot of their actions in the past. If a successful government is formed in Iraq it will have a dramatic effect on that entire part of the world.

I guess I might add: Arafat is probably going to have to be removed from the loop for much of anything to happen. You know! He looks a lot like Castro - maybe we could put them on a tropical island somewh... And a lot of bad would probably go away.

05-09-2003, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	I really don't think they are being given an option. Someone or something is leaning on them very hard. The settlement issue is definitely on the table and Israel will have to abandon many of those settlements. I understand that most of the settlements are considered illegal even by Israel. The current attitude being expressed by Israel toward Syria and others appears to be conducive to a lot of fences being mended. The extreme hard feelings that exist are going to take time and a lot of patience on the part of both Israel and Palestine - something neither side has ever demonstrated much of. The current economic state of Palestine may lend a bit of urgency in their attepts to reach an understanding. The threat of missile attack on Israel no longer exists and this was one of the biggest reasons behind a lot of their actions in the past. If a successful government is formed in Iraq it will have a dramatic effect on that entire part of the world. I guess I might add: Arafat is probably going to have to be removed from the loop for much of anything to happen. You know! He looks a lot like Castro - maybe we could put them on a tropical island somewh... And a lot of bad would probably go away. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!! Last edited by Liquor Dealer; 05-09-2003 at 04:19 PM..