At 13:01 26-3-02 -0600, John Horn wrote: > > Then whom do you suggest Israel should be negotiating with, > > if they should not be negotiating with Arafat? > > >In my mind, that is sort of the point. There really isn't anyone to >negotiate with, so how can negotiation solve this conflict?
How else is this conflict going to be resolved? Wait till one side has run out of people capable of fighting? Sit around and wait till Israel has driven all Palestinians into the sea? Hold our breath till the Arab nations join forces and wipe Israel off the map forever? >Arafat has increasingly shown that negotiating with him does no good. >He cannot or will not control those who are carrying out these attacks. Cannot. If he could control the terrorists, he would. If he could manage that, he could eventually go down in history as the Palestinian leader who managed to make peace with Israel. Agreed, part of the Palestinian population would hate him for that, but they hate him already anyway. So, since he has a lot to gain from an outbreak of peace, my bet is that he *cannot* control the terrorists, rather than *will not* control them. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
