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You know, I used to attack Israel very harshly in these threads, mostly on other forums. Since then I've unfortunately become less optimistic... neither side's leadership really wants peace. There's no way you can justify the brutality of last year's "incursions", that Sharon led, and Sharon should have been tried for war crimes years ago (the "butcher of beirut" incident)... at the very least, having this dyed-in-the-wool hawk as their leader does not do much for israel's image around the world, which is pretty bad outside of the US. Then again, even if Arafat wants peace (I'll be honest, I can't prove that, and I guess no one hear can...), his reputation and his past are bad enough that it doesn't really matter.
This conflict will never end because the ones who will benefit from peace are not the ones in power.
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