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Washington and the Way Station to Peace-Only hope to make the Palestinians take responsibility
Wall St Journal ^
| 3-15-04
| DENNIS ROSS
Posted on 03/15/2004 5:39:21 AM PST by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The only hope is to make the Palestinians take responsibility for themselves.
As the prospects for even limited bilateral Israeli-Palestinian agreements have receded, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has announced his intention to withdraw nearly all the Israeli settlements from the Gaza strip. It is a revolutionary move that creates the possibility of change at a time when Israeli-Palestinian relations are frozen in a pattern of terror, siege and hopelessness.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel
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posted on
03/15/2004 5:39:22 AM PST
by
SJackson
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
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posted on
03/15/2004 5:40:51 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Passion: Where were all the palestinians?)
To: SJackson
"Palestinians take responsibility for themselves"?
Right. Maybe when pigs sprout wings, and fly away.
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posted on
03/15/2004 1:38:46 PM PST
by
RonHolzwarth
(Freedom of Speech is the greatest thing about the USA!)
To: SJackson
Reading this article closely, I just can't help but think that what we are seeing now is the runup to another war, similar in scale to World War II.
I surely hope I am wrong.
If ENOUGH people THINK ABOUT IT, maybe the future CAN be changed.
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posted on
03/15/2004 1:43:40 PM PST
by
RonHolzwarth
(War is terrible, but sometimes the alternative is worse.)
To: SJackson
...and wild monkeys could fly outta my a$$.....
"Indeed, it can be their moment to prove that they can build a peaceful, democratic state -- one that can now be replicated in the West Bank."
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posted on
03/15/2004 6:07:00 PM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
(Veni Vidi Velcro)
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