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To: Titus Fikus
"Since when did the government of Israel and those that approve of it's contemptuous barbarity and inhumanity give a care about anyone else?"

Hmmmm, it appears that somebody is incapable of looking at the raw facts of situation, (i.e., stripped of all spin, propaganda and disinformation), and think for themselves.

In the above quote from your previous post you used the phrase, the government of Israel. Which government would you be referring to? The Sharon government? Or The Barak government? Or maybe the Netanyahu, Peres, Rabin or Meir administrations? Perhaps Shamir or Begin?

See, there have been 11 regime changes in the Israeli government since 1968 when Yasser Arafat, the man who had joined the original terrorist group, The Muslim Brotherhood, in 1952 and founded Al Fatah, an underground terrorist organization in 1956, merged his organizations with the PLO.

Arafat has been the lone "leader" of the Palestinian people throughout those 34 years and 11 Israeli administration changes. Every conceivable political stripe from ultra-liberal to hard-line has been represented in the Israeli leadership position at some point during that time. (It's worth noting, of course, there have been 7 different US Presidents since 1968--again, from all sides of the political debate.)

Is it your contention that Arafat is the International Man Of Peace--negotiating to no avail with all of these leaders, signing peace treaty after peace treaty (Dayton Accord, Oslo Accord, Camp David Accord) and agreeing to all sorts of additional plans (The Mitchell Plan, The Tenet Plan, etc., etc.)?

You're saying, "Everybody else is the problem...It's not Arafat...He's a man of peace..." But the truth is, Bill Clinton, desperate for a legacy pushed Ehud Barak to give Arafat 95% of what he wanted. I don't know if you're familiar with how diplomatic negotiations take place, but ask any US Congressman, getting 95% of what you want from someone in your own country is rare, let alone from your "sworn enemy".

Arafat balked at that deal and until he gives a better explanation of why, 95% of the world is left with no other option but to believe that he doesn't want peace.

And of course Mr. Barak paid the price at the polls in the very next election when the Israeli people realized that if Arafat wouldn't accept that deal, he didn't want to deal and they had better get a "hawk" in office.

I could go on...but I'm getting bored and I'm sure you are too...

Suffice to say, the Palesinian people would be much better served with new "leadership". And don't believe what they spoon feed you man...

29 posted on 04/09/2002 7:09:32 PM PDT by ElephantMan
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