[VOA]

400,000 Palestinians under virtual house arrest

Let us pray that some day the headline will be more like:

Palestinians Riot in Streets; Oust Arafat, Corrupt Leadership, Hamas and Hezbollah;
Enter Negotiations for Establishment of State and Peaceful Co-Existence With Israel

Yes, I know it's too much to hope for.
I almost fainted when I saw Arafat shake hands with Rabin (?) at The White House.
I should have realized that just couldn't lead directly to peace.

[E Rocc]

I almost fainted when I saw Arafat shake hands with Rabin (?) at The White House.

Yep, Rabin. The Israeli PM who was shot by a fanatic for even moving in the direction of peace. The one whose grave other fanatics threatened to desecrate when the IDF cleared a shrine they built to the "suicide gunner", Baruch Goldstein.

A stable peace will never be built until all concerned realize that there are wackos on both sides who have zero interest in anything resembling peace.

-Eric