[Stultis]

The Jewish people have taken their peace-making efforts to irrational extremes.

BTW, I think I remember reading a passing comment in an oped somewhere that I would like to nail down. The statement was to the effect, IIRC, that it was thirteen months after Sharon became Prime Minister that IDF forces first entered Palestinian "A" areas. I guess that would be after the Passover Massacre. Is that true? If so it is an amazing testament to Israel's, and Sharon's, restraint.

[thatdewd]

The statement was to the effect, IIRC, that it was thirteen months after Sharon became Prime Minister that IDF forces first entered Palestinian "A" areas. I guess that would be after the Passover Massacre. Is that true? If so it is an amazing testament to Israel's, and Sharon's, restraint.

That's right. It was 13 months, maybe a week shy. 2 days after the passover massacre Sharon launched the six week offensive into the "palestinian" 'autonomy' areas (IIRC). The palies can never say that Israel didn't "give peace a chance". She has many a year's worth of graves to show that she did. The fact that when Arafat says "peace" it sounds more like "piss" should be clue enough of what his opinion of 'peace' is. Accent, or freudian slip?

[dennisw]

BTW, I think I remember reading a passing comment in an oped somewhere that I would like to nail down. The statement was to the effect, IIRC, that it was thirteen months after Sharon became Prime Minister that IDF forces first entered Palestinian "A" areas. 

That timeline sounds right.

I guess that would be after the Passover Massacre. Is that true? 

That mass murder was the final straw. Muslim demons desecrated a holy day then turned into crybabies, crying to the UN and the EUros, when they reaped the whirlwind.

If so it is an amazing testament to Israel's, and Sharon's, restraint.