----- Original Message -----
From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM"
> > > I do wonder, however, if perhaps Israel feels that the Palestinian
> > > police and leadership are in fact not doing anything to stop the
> > > terrorism (possibly aiding it),
> >
> > Possibly? Who released all the Hamas terrorists from jails in
> > Palestian Authority terratory? Arafat.
>
> Speaking of jails: how about Israeli civilians in the Occupied
Territories?
> Is the Israeli government doing anything to prosecute and jail Israeli
> settlers that kill Palestinians?
>
Is this just a rhetoric question or do you have any real cases in mind?
Can you describe an incident where Israel has failed to prosecute
when it should have done?
>
> > He knows that's going on. He refused the offer of Barak, which was
> > basically EVERYTHING he wanted, he refused...
>
> If it was basically everything he wanted, Arafat would have accepted the
> offer. The only possible conclusion therefore is that the offer was not
> everything Arafat wanted.
>
He was offered everything he said he wanted. If he really wants
more than that we must wonder where his desires stop, if they
do stop short of the complete destruction of Israel.
>
> > Sharon and Arafat are BOTH War Criminals...
>
> Hm. Not sure about Sharon, but I do not think of Arafat as a war criminal.
> That would place him in the same category as people like Milosovic. The US
> does not want to associate with war criminals, so Milosovic was never
> invited to the White House -- Arafat was. Neither Sharon nor Milosovic
> received the Nobel Peace Prize -- Arafat did (1994).
>
I was not aware that the US was infallible. Stalin committed
many war crimes but that didn't stop the US talking to him
or allying with him, because of political considerations.
The same applies to talking to Arafat.
--
Robert
