----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News
Part of what I wrote got garbled. It should be: No, but they stated that the Palestinain Authority is responsible for policing the Palestinians and is responsible for stopping the attacks. They also feel that the Palestinian authority is deliberately using a revolving door policy with regards to terrorist: arrest them as part of a show of concern and release them when the world's attention wavers. > they felt that the Voice of Palestine was partially responsible for the > deaths. They also felt that the Voice of Palestine has continuously > violated the Oslo accord for years. Do you know why? > > I'm asking, not to be snide, but to get a feel for the extent of the > information that's available for you. Even if you think that it was wrong > to blow up the radio station, it is worth noting why they felt it was > justified. > > > > > > Again, it looks more like Israel used this as an excuse to continue its > > "Silence the Palestinian Media" operation, rather than an attack on > whoever > > sent the terrorist. > > Their vantage point is that its the Palestianian Authority's responsibility > to stop the attacks. They see the Authority as deliberately looking the > other way and allowing the attacks. They will keep on retaliating against > the infrastructure of the Authority for each attack until the Authority gets > the idea that it would be benificial to stop the attacks. > > Now, that may realistically never happen. Arafat may not control the > Palestinians because he is riding the tiger. If that is true, I'm not sure > what will bring peace. But, I don't think that anyone should be expected to > take repeated attacks at pizza parlors and bat mitzfas without responding. > If I understand your suggestion, Israel should retreat to the 1967 > boundaries and hope to be left alone. Do I misunderstand your ideas? > > > > Dan M. > >
