At 16:03 10-06-2002 -0500, John Horn wrote: <<Set a date for the creation of a Palestinian state: say, 2 years from tomorrow. For every suicide bombing or attack upon Israeli civilians, the date is pushed back by 6 months. For every civilian killed, the date is pushed back 1 year. Obviously, this gives organizations like Hamas an incentive to step up their attacks. But they have plenty of incentive anyway. But if there are people within the Palestinian leadership who *really* want peace with Israel and *really* want a Palestinian state that doesn't include all of Israel, it would give them great incentive to put an immediate stop to the attacks. So, what do you think?>>
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, as expected <<Very bad idea. It would mean that as long as there are Palestinians willing to blow themselves up and take a few Israelis with them, there will never be a Palestinian state. At the rate Hamas has been going lately, the deadline will be a few centuries from now quite soon.>> Ilana Don't you think, that may be only *then* they will deserve the country of their own? You wan Israel to put itself in bigger danger, that it is now, but when it came to finding place to only 13 murderers I didn't hear *you* government volunteer. Jeroen <<It will not work, not even when everyone in the Palestinian leadership would want peace and a state that does not include all of Israel. It is by definition impossible to control everyone in a population to such an extent that you can guarantee none of them will ever kill anyone else.>> Ilana Wrong. There are almost no terrorist attacks in Arab countries. Jordan, Egypt, Syria and many others *do* "control everyone in a population to such an extent". Jeroen <<The Israeli regime might like the idea, though... :-(>> Ilana *I* am for giving peace for peace and not lands for hope of peace. <SHRUG> Ilana
