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01-04-2006, 04:32 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers serious stroke.. what now for Israel?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4582574.stm
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For ow let's continue hope and pray for stability in the region. |
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01-04-2006, 04:38 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Pickles
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Yea this could suck. Aren't most of the leaders in Israel against the pullouts that have been happening lately, and returning of land, etc? This could turn out to be pretty bad and could set them back in time progress-wise a lot of ways.
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01-06-2006, 02:36 PM | #3 (permalink) | ||
Deja Moo
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Locobot made an intriguing observation in the Robertson thread that I would like to continue here. He said:
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01-06-2006, 03:19 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Sharon is the only man strong enough to bring peace at this time, but its too late now. Even if he can survive immediately, he can never hold public office again.
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01-07-2006, 06:28 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
People in masks cannot be trusted
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We do not hear of everytime a suicide bomber is stopped, but it happens WAY more often then we hear about. I think Palestinian authority has to now disarm the terrorist groups before you can even move forward. Just check the news for the last few months, how terrorist groups have taken over election halls, police stations (especially after the PA try to stop anything). And just this week when they closed the border to Egypt (where the weapons are being smuggled from), 300 men used a construction vehicle to break down the border. I think the ball is in the PA court, now. |
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01-07-2006, 06:37 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Deja Moo
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
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I agree, Xazy, but I don't believe the PA has even a minimum of control over the current violence. Time magazine had a recent article that described many of these groups inciting violence as nothing more than local thugs operating in the vacuum of a true Palestinian government. Their interests are more mafia-like than ideological, from what I have read.
How does the PA return that ball? |
01-07-2006, 06:58 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.
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While Sharon was moderate in comparison with many politicians in Israel, he was by no means moderate compared to the rest of the world. He is considered responsible for several crimes against humanity, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. His death/removel from office due to medical condition will create a vacume that has just as much potential for bad as for good. |
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01-07-2006, 07:21 PM | #9 (permalink) |
Deja Moo
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
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Will, I think Sharon became more moderate after the death of Arafat. I suspect it will be best for both the Israeli's and the Palestinian's in the long term, that these two adversaries have moved on.
Stabilizing the Palestinian government should be a world-wide concern. |
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