[DoughtyOne]

Let me see, rock throwing on a daily basis. Sniper fire every 48 hours. Rockets incoming every 72 hours. Suicide bombings on a weekly basis. Massive bombings on a monthly basis. Well it may just get worse after Arafat. And the next guy can be rubbed out too. Until the PLO gets it through their head that this stuff is going to stop, I'd advise Israel to keep engaged rather than let this be totally one sided. Israel has been way way way more restrained than I would have been. And if I were a citizen of Israel I'd have been screaming for Arafat's head!

[monkeyshine]

Nassar and Sadat figured it out. They were wasting too many precious resources fighting, whilst their people suffered. They decided to make peace in order to spend more time on important domestic issues. Until the Palestinians figure it out, they will continue to suffer.