[swarthyguy]

From opinionjournal.com - today - Even when you hear something that looks promising, you have to parse it.



"The Israeli group IMRA reports that 55 "prominent Palestinians" have signed a statement urging an end to suicide attacks. Well, sort of. The statement apparently doesn't express any moral objection to massacring Jews, arguing instead that it's a self-defeating tactic because it tends to "increase the number of countries supporting the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people." The statement also limits its objection to attacks within the "green line"--that is, Israel's boundaries before the 1967 Six Day War. As IMRA notes, that leaves out yesterday's and Tuesday's massacres, which occurred in parts of Jerusalem that were under Jordanian occupation before 1967.

Ha'aretz reports Yasser Arafat was to have issued a similar "condemnation" but canceled it, "citing technical reasons."

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

From opinionjournal.com - today - Even when you hear something that looks promising, you have to parse it.

Agreed. It doesn't pay to be optimistic -- too disappointing.

Gonna be a long and winding road.