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flw wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> > Here's what I see happening. The special forces will kill off the
leadership
> > of all the terrorist groups possibly including Arafat. They will disarm
all
> > the militias and remove the secretly stored illegal weapons they have
> > accumulated for war. If the other Arab states start making war noises,
the
> > Israelis will go to conventional war with Egypt, and Syria. They might
enter
> > Jordan and Lebanon too, but won't necessarily have to fight them.
> >
> > It is also a possibility that Israel will take the war to Iraq and
Iran,
> > depending on what secret weaponry they have cooking.
> > J2
>
> This is delusional. However this type of thinking is a good example
> of why war happens and the human capacity to indulge in self deception.
> Anyone who thinks Irrational Racialist Nationalism was / is somehow
distinct
> to German Society should ponder the above.
>
> A belief in elite troops; a belief in national superiority and disdain
for alleged
> weak neighbors; grandiose war schemes; a belief in "secret weapons"....
> where have we heard this before???
> flw
Dilusional am I?
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By Jon Dougherty
� 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
Fugitive Saudi terrorist-sponsor Osama bin Laden is now known to have nuclear
weapons, putting to rest previous speculation that left the possibility
open, according to a weekly intelligence newsletter.
A report published in this week's Geostrategy-Direct.com newsletter, edited
in part by Washington Times staffers Bill Gertz and Robert Morton,indicated
that bin Laden's possession of nuclear devices "is no longer a doubt."
"Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama bin Laden has nuclear weapons. The
question is how many," the report said.
Gertz told WND he didn't write the assessment, but that the newsletter's
primary editor, Morton, had a stringer in the Mideast who verified the
information. Morton was out of his office and could not be reached for
comment.
"Russian intelligence sources who are fighting bin Laden members in Chechnya
believe [he] has a handful of tactical nuclear weapons," said the report.
"Arab intelligence sources say the Al Qaida head has as many as 20
weapons."
Al Qaida is the name of the terrorist group bin Laden leads.
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Ha'aretz: Syria, Hezbollah warn of coming retaliation for radar base attack
By Daniel Sobelman and Agencies Ha'aretz Correspondent Ha'aretz 29 April
2001
Top Syrian officials and Hezbollah leaders warned over the weekend that
responses to Israel's bombing of the Syrian radar base in Lebanon two weeks
ago are certain to come.
Mohammad Raad, the head of the Hezbollah faction in the Lebanese parliament
declared that a Hezbollah response is "just a question of time."
Raad added that Israel will not be able to "dictate its will to the Lebanese
by resorting to aggression, and an escalation [of violence]." The purpose of
the Israel Air Force attack against the Syrian facility, Ra'ad said, was to
"create a new balance of power" - but Hezbollah retains the ability to "tip
this balance in its favor." The question of which side has the edge depends
upon "the response which Israel is forced to absorb," he said.
Speaking in Damascus on Saturday, Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk Shara said
that his country would pick its own time to retaliate to the Israeli raid.
"We had announced that Syria would reserve its right to retaliate at the
appropriate time," Shara said. "This means two things: That when Syria
retaliates it would not violate any international or private laws; secondly
that when it retaliates it will choose the appropriate time by itself."
Shara spoke at a press conference held jointly with his French counterpart,
Hubert Vedrine.
Syria's media has indicated in recent days that the leadership in Damascus
intends to respond to the air force attack. A columnist in the
Damascus-based Al-Thawra stated last week that "Syria is preparing a
strategic response to Israel's air attack."
Meanwhile, Israeli strategists have joined the heightened war of rhetoric
regarding Israel, Lebanon and Israel. In a strategic paper entitled "An
Agenda for the New Government," the director of the Jaffee Center for
Strategic Studies, Prof. Shai Feldman, suggests that Israel ought to
consider striking targets within Syrian territory in retaliation for any
future Hezbollah attack inside Israel. In the paper, Feldman wrote that:
"should Hezbollah escalate affairs by unleashing acts of terror along the
northern border...[Israel] should consider a direct response against Syria."
Recommending that such steps against Syria be taken in a "gradual" fashion,
Feldman wrote that they would transfer the confrontation from the northern
border, "where Israel is clearly in an inferior position," to "a theater of
military confrontation between Syria and Israel, in which Israel has a
clear advantage."
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Palestinian weapons boat seized yesterday represent major change in threat
against Israel
Aaron Lerner Date: 7 May 2001
This evening the Commander of the Israeli Navy Yedidya Yaari told a press
conference televised live from Haifa Port that a weapons boat had been
siezed by the Israeli Navy. The operation was handled by professional
Lebanese smugglers who took the boat ("Santorini") from North Lebanon and
were supposed to leave the weapons in barrels off the Gaza Coast for pick up
on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. The weapons were believed to have
been sent by Ahmed Jibril.
The weapons captured were displayed at the press conference as was the boat.
The boat had been monitored over the weekend.
Yaari noted that the weapons included:
107 mm Katyushas - range of at least 8.5 kilometer.
SA7 Strela anti-aircraft missiles - range allows one to shoot down aircraft
over Israeli airspace from inside the Palestinian Autonomy.
In response to questions, Yaari said that Israel does not know if similar
boats have successfully delivered weapons to the PA.
Channel Two Television military correspondent Roni Daniel noted that the
anti-tank weapons found on the boat would have been able to pierce the
armor being used by Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians.
He also pointed out that the Katyusha range would bring much of the Sharon
area within striking distance from within the Palestinian Autonomy.
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LA Times: U.S. cut off Hezbollah arms route
http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/scripts/article.asp?mador=14&datee=5/7/01&id=1
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By Shlomo Shamir
Ha'aretz Correspondent
NEW YORK - Turkey has bowed to U.S. pressure and revoked permission for Iran
to use its airspace to fly planes loaded with arms for Hezbollah and other
Muslim extremists in Syria, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
According to the exclusive report, Turkey agreed to revoke Iran's air rights
last fall, after the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon last May. The
Turkish decision was only disclosed by officials last week, and has left
Iran with no easy alternative.
Iraq is off-limits because of the Western-imposed "no-fly" zones in the
north and south, while most Gulf states and Jordan do not want to become
regular Iranian air routes, the Times said.
U.S. officials told the Times that, since the Turkish air-space cutoff,
some Iranian supplies have managed to reach Syria via other land, sea and
circuitous air routes. But Tehran has been unable to find a regular air
corridor alternative.
"Iran has managed to smuggle materiel in through other routes, but they've
lost the easiest and fast way," a source told the Times. One source said,
"It was a huge victory for us to get Turkey to shut off access in a
political sense too. Turks were no longer willing to turn a blind eye on
Iran's terrorism."
Iran has used Turkish airspace to fly arms and supplies to Hezbollah,
Islamic Jihad and Hamas since 1982, when Iran first deployed its
Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon after Israel invaded the south of that
country. The goods were flown into Syria and then transported by road to
Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley.
Citing U.S. officials, the Times said that at its peak in the mid-1990s,
Iran flew 747 jumbo jets loaded with weapons and other war materiel to
Damascus as many as three times a week, although the number of flights had
fallen to once a week in recent years.
The Times also claims the United States has been pressing other countries
not to cooperate with Iran, with some limited success.
In response to having its main arms air-supply artery severed, Tehran has
stepped up its assistance to extremists bent on ending any progress toward
peace between Israel and the Palestinians, according to the Los Angeles
newspaper. Iran is now the largest financier of the three main Islamic
extremist groups, according to U.S. intelligence reports. One U.S. official,
speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Times that, "Iran has become
more active since late last fall. The increase has been pretty steady and
pretty intense."
This increase in activity coincides with the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa
Intifada last September, and could be seen as reflecting the renewed
ascendancy of hard-liners in Iran. "Iran's behavior has taken a nasty turn
for the worse," said a U.S. official.
U.S. officials also told the Times that Iran is now more tightly
coordinating the various groups and facilitating the smuggling of arms and
funds by land and sea into the West Bank and Gaza Strip of the Palestinian
Authority.
===========================
JORDAN BREAKS UP PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMO
[Jerusalem Post Newswire - 11 May]:
Amman police used tear gas and dogs today to break
up a demonstration by Moslem worshipers in support
of the Palestinians, Israel Radio reported.
Thousands of worshipers left the city's mosques
following afternoon prayers and tried to stage a protest
march, but police blocked their way and employed tear
gas grenades and attack dogs when they would not
disperse. Two demonstrators were arrested.
In Jerusalem, Friday prayers on the Temple Mount
mosques passed peacefully. There were minor scuffles
before the prayers between youths and police, because
worshipers under age 25 were denied entry to the
Mount. Three youths were arrested.
Amman, Jordan - May 11, 2001
There is excessive violence being used at this moment by Jordanian
security troops against demonstrators in Al Mahata, Sweileh, and Al
Hashmi. Tanks, batons, and tear gas are being applied excessively to
peaceful demonstrators seeking to protest the establishment of
"Israel". These demonstrations have been called for by the Muslim
Brotherhood initially but many regular folks joined in. I have
eyewitness reports of excessive tear gas and women being beaten and
arrested in Al Hashimi. I have other eyewitness reports of excessive
violence used against demonstrators in Sweileh. The government had
warned that it would oppress demonstrations savagely, and you know as
far as that goes, Arab regimes always keep their word.
Ibrahim Alloush - Amman
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Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
Arafat regime near collapse as radical states press for war
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Saturday, May 19, 2001
WASHINGTON — U.S. allies in the Arab world have warned Washington of a
collapse of the Palestinian Authority. PA Chairman Yasser Arafat is said to
be under pressure from Iran, Iraq and Syria to escalate the conflict with
Israel.
"The region is experiencing profound structural pressures and changes," said
William Burns, nominated to head the State Department's Near East and North
Africa bureau. "Active American engagement in the Middle East is a
necessity, not an option."
At the same time, Washington's Arab allies are under pressure to act against
Israel, Middle East Newsline reported. On Friday, the London-based A-Sharq
Al Awsat reported that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has refused
an invitation to meet Bush next month due to Riyad's anger over U.S. support
to Israel.
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Israeli bellicosity
http://www.dawn.com/2001/05/22/ed.htm#1
IT now seems highly unlikely that the on-going trouble in the
Israeli-occupied territories will remain localized. Sunday's statement by
Israeli Defence Minister Ben Eliezer, warning Damascus of strikes against
Syrian troops in Lebanon, gives a new and dangerous dimension to the
volatile situation in Palestine.
The warning stems from Israel's ire against Hezbollah, the guerrilla outfit
to which goes the credit for liberating southern Lebanon from twenty-years
of Israeli occupation. Hezbollah's job is not yet finished, for the Israelis
continue to occupy the Shebaa Farm, which Lebanon claims belongs to it.
Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah has made it clear that the resistance to
Israeli rule will continue till the liberation of the Shebaa Farms.
Throughout its twenty years of occupation of Lebanon's southern trip,Israel
and its protege, the defunct South Lebanese Army, waged a merciless war
against Hezbollah, attacking its bases and carrying out assassinations for
which the Mossad has acquired notoriety.
Both Syria and Iran are Hezbollah's backers. However, it is Syria which
keeps troops in the neighbouring country. Traditionally, Lebanon has been a
part of Syria, and it goes without saying that Syria has vital geopolitical
interests in Lebanon. An Israeli-dominated Lebanon - which Begin attempted
to create but failed - would be a threat to Syria. Damascus, thus, maintains
a sizable army in the Bekaa Valley to guard against any surprise attack on
Syria. This Syrian army has been a thorn in Israeli flesh. If Israel
carries
out its threat and attacks the Syrian troops in Lebanon, Damascus is bound
to respond in kind. And if hostilities between Syria and Israel break out,
it is obvious others of Israel's Arab neighbours would not sit with folded
arms. This clearly could lead to the Levant's biggest war since the 1982
Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
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AFI - Armed Forces Intelligence
The International Research and News Agency
Specialist Information for the NewsMedia
Hezbollah to take the offensive soon?
Senior Hezbollah leaders in their officers in South Beirut and Ba'albek are
planning to launch major attacks on Israel, both along the border with
Lebanon and deep within the country, sources close to Israeli Military
Intelligence now believe.
Hezbollah, heavily re-equipped in the last few months by both Iran and
Syria, feels the time has come to step up its military and terrorist
activities and that Arab public opinion is in a mood to accept the dangers
of major Israeli retaliation.
Hezbollah combat units throughout southern Lebanon have been strengthened by
the presence of small numbers of highly trained and fanatical Iranian
Revolutionary Guards. While Syria , though not directly responding to the
Israeli air attack on its positions in Lebanon has moved at least four new
advanced radar systems into the mountains east and north of Beirut with
fixed, heavily defended sites at Dayr al-Ashayr, close to the Syrian border;
Akkar in the north and in the Beqaa valley. A mobile system which may prove
difficult for Israel to detect and destroy is operational in the mountains
of southern Lebanon. Further Syrian combat units, heavily equipped with
both Anti-Tank and Anti-Aircraft weapons have moved to reinforce the Shouf
region of the Lebanon.
Hezbollah can now field an arsenal of weapons that include 7000-8000 107mm
and 122mm Katyusha-style manportable bombardment rockets most with a range
of 20km, and with an increasing number of the 'Fadjr' variant capable of
striking upto 30km into Israel. Israeli Intelligence analysts are concerned
that deliveries of the 'Fadjr-3' with a range of upto 50km have taken place
in early May, putting much of northern Israel in danger.
Israeli Armoured forces are increasingly vulnerable to Hezbollah's
acquisition of significant quantities of US TOW tube-launched and Russian
AT-5 Spandrel, anti-tank missiles to supplement its older AT-3 Sagger/Ra'ad
missiles. Huge numbers of Russian RPG-7 and the Iranian built version, the
Saghegh, with a lethal 80mm tandem HEAT warhead, 82mm B-I0 and 107mm B-11
recoilless anti-tank guns, supplement 60mm, 82mm and 120mm Mortars, vast
numbers of Anti-Tank and Anti-Personnel mines of Chinese, Russian, Italian
and Iranian origin, SA-7 manportable surface-to-air missiles and twin 23mm
ZSU anti-aircraft guns in units massing in southern Lebanon.
Other more advanced weapons have also recently passed into Hezbollah's hands
from Syria, including a small quantity of AT-10 anti-tank missiles, and
truck-mounted multiple rocket launchers. Hezbollah has a wide range of
modern small arms and access to modern military explosives and detonators
in huge quantities.
Syria, Iran and Hezbollah jointly believe that Israel has scrapped the old
rules, and that a new 'game' is now on. While Syria would prefer to fight a
war with Israel in the Lebanon, it reserves the right to launch a major
missile strike should it face large scale punishment by the Israeli armed
forces.
Syria, with considerable North Korean assistance, has constructed at least
15 large tunnel systems, capable of withstanding a major conventional air
assault, to house its force of over 1000 surface-to-surface missiles, Scuds,
improved Scuds, SS-21 and a new variant with a 700km range capable of
hitting targets anywhere in Israel. These underground facilities not only
provide considerable protection, but are constructed so that the systems can
be quickly fired in large numbers from close by, these are in addition to
some 60 mobile launchers.
While Israel is fortunate that Egypt, though heavily rearmed by the United
States, is presently incapable of presenting a significant military threat
beyond supplying the Palestinian forces with heavier weapons, Hezbollah
backed by the Syrians and Iranians, and the Palestinians increasingly well
armed by the Iraqis, jointly pose a grave threat to the state of Israel
that is unlikely to go away or prove easy to defeat.
For continuing analysis and expert commentary on all aspects of the Middle
East conflict, it armed forces, weapons and terrorists, contact AFI
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Lieberman urges 'wiping out' PA in 48-hour blitz
Ha'aretz Service
http://www2.haaretz.co.il/breaking-news/Intifada/365163.stm
Cabinet minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday that Israel must
"militarily topple" the Palestinian Authority in an intense 48-hour blitz
to "wipe out the entire Palestinian Authority military infrastructure."
"We must militarily topple the governmental bodies of the Palestian
Authority," he told Israel Radio. "Today it is not outlaw bodies that are
conducting the acts of murder and killing against us, but the Palestinian
Authority itself, Force 17, the Tanzim, the police, the governmental
bodies of the Authority are waging war on us."
"I am happy that others are now also adopting the view that what will
bring about peace, a halt in terror, and quiet is not dialog and restraint
but a decisive end (to the Authority)."
"We must enter for 48 hours into all of the territories, all of A Area
(all territory under full PA control), wipe out the entire PA military
infrastructure, wipe out all the arms dumps, all the militia bases -
without this we cannot stop the violence."
Lieberman said a brief but intense operation would cost Israel less in
world criticism than continuing lower-level conflict.
He said his National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu bloc had decided to give the
Sharon government 100 days to take decisive action, and still hoped Sharon
would reverse his restaint policy before the 100 days was up next month,
lest the party bolt the government and work to bring it down.
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Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
Sharansky: 'If violence doesn't end, we'll go to war'
By Herb Keinon
JERUSALEM (May 31) - The current unilateral cease-fire cannot continue
indefinitely, and if Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat does not
take this opportunity to stop the violence, Israel's next step will likely
be to go to war to wipe out the military and terror infrastructure in the PA,
Housing Minister Natan Sharansky told The Jerusalem Post yesterday.
"I think that for many years we have made great efforts to turn Arafat into
a partner," Sharansky said. "I think now we are at the end of the road; it is
the last chance for Arafat to prove that he can still be a partner. I don't
have a lot of hope. At some point we have to be willing to say we did not
succeed, he is not willing to be our partner. Then you have to know how to
fight and defend your people."
Asked if this means that if Arafat does not join the cease-fire, Israel
should go to war against the PA, Sharansky replied: "What does that mean,to
initiate a war? We are in a war, no? We are in a war where we are not using
our strength. Everyday our people are being killed. I am not saying to
reconquer Gaza, but we need to fight with all the strength we have against
the terror infrastructure."
The question of the cease-fire was discussed yesterday at a meeting of the
security cabinet, of which Sharansky is a member, but no vote was taken or
formal decision made on how long to keep up the policy of restraint. The
overall tone of the meeting, however, was that the cease-fire will continue,
with some diplomatic officials saying it will likely go on until Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon returns next Thursday from his visit to Germany,
Belgium, and France.
Transportation Minister Efraim Sneh spoke in favor of the cease-fire at the
meeting, saying that "the government needs to transmit a message of
steadfastness and determination to the nation. The present conflict is a
continuation of a long struggle. Those asking what will be in the end are
showing that they do not understand the beginning. If there will not be a
cease-fire, we need to use force wisely. An unwise use of force will
isolate Israel, instead of isolating Arafat."
On the other hand, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Shlomo Benizri argued
against further restraint, saying that "every day we bury our dead in order
for the world to give us a medal." He said that Israel needs to clamp a
hermetic closure on the territories, because every day some 50,000
Palestinian enter the country without proper permits.
Sharansky, in an interview conducted after the meeting, said the purpose of
a war with the Palestinians would be to "destroy the military and terrorist
infrastructure in the PA. We tried, are trying [to return to negotiations],
but now have arrived at a moment of truth. Not only is Arafat not a partner,
not only does he not fulfill his obligations [under the Oslo Accords], he
fights and kills us."
He said that advisers to Arafat have said in moments of candor that their
strategy is to make Israelis afraid "to go to the movies or send their kids
out," so that eventually "we will do everything they ask, will allow the
right of refugees to return. He is trying to destroy us through a war of
attrition, every week killing a number of people. This is the last chance to
convince him not to take that path, but to return to the route of negotiation."
Asked whether he agrees with Sharon's cease-fire policy, Sharansky said it
is "very important" to give a last chance to the possibility of ending terror
and returning to negotiations. But, he added, as important as it is to want
to gain understanding abroad, at some point the government will have to say
that fateful decisions affecting the Jewish people are in its hands and not
in the hands of the rest of the world.
"The main reason why people immigrate to Israel, stay in Israel, is because
this is the country where the fate and future of the Jewish people is in the
hands of the Jewish people," Sharansky said. "I lived in other countries, and
I know how big and important that difference is, that this is a state that
stands behind every citizen. That is the reason for the country's
existence."
Sharansky said the government must be careful not to be so concerned about
world opinion that it damages the feeling "that this is the only country
where Jews are champions of their own destiny."
Asked what plan of action he recommends to Sharon, Sharansky said: "I think
we must tell the truth, all the truth, about Arafat, not to censor anything.
And then if, God forbid, there is no choice, if it is clear there is no
partner, then we need to choose our strategy of how we fight against the
enemy, we need to explain that strategy very clearly to our friends, and
also to our people, and enter into a war."
Sharansky said that Sharon's decision to unilaterally call a cease-fire was
genuine in that he hoped that Arafat would take him up on the offer.
At the same time, it was also meant to show both the world and Israelis who
is to blame for the violence.
As to whether the cease-fire was meant to prepare the nation for war,
Sharansky said: "I think it was one of two things. Either Arafat would go
this route [of the cease-fire], which would be great. Or he would not, and
at least we could say that we did everything we could."
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EGYPT WARNS MILITARY RESPONSE IF ISRAEL ACTS AGAINST P.A.
Newswires - Jerusalem Post - 6/4/01: Senior aides to Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak have threatened military response if Israel attacks
Palestinian Authority targets, according to a report published in 'The
Middle East News Letter.'
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HOW MANY MUST DIE BEFORE SHARON STRIKES?
http://www.nypostonline.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31753.htm
June 4, 2001 -- 'NOW is the time to strike. In a day or two it will be too
late, the world will quickly forget the 19 Israeli children murdered by
Yasser Arafat - they will only remember his phony promise to stop the
violence."
This is Peter Malkin talking, and when he talks I pay attention - and so
should Israel and the White House.
Malkin was the Mossad operations chief for 15 years. He received Israel's
medal of honor from two prime ministers. He also captured Adolf Eichmann.
I caught him in New York yesterday, and asked him exactly what Israel could
do to end the intifada that blew up all those kids in a Tel Aviv disco on
Friday night.
"The army, first of all, must go into Gaza and take the heavy arms that
Arafat has been smuggling in for eight years. This can be done in two or
three days. If we don't do it, Arafat will be able to turn on the terror
whenever he pleases - even if he stops it for a while now.
"Guaranteed, there is more than we now know. In intelligence, what you know
is a small part of the truth. We found this out in Lebanon, 20 years ago,
when Arafat was running his PLO mini-state. Enormous weapons were found,
far more than we thought."
Two or three days? The Israeli defense minister said the same a few months
ago, but didn't say how it could be done.
"The tanks cut Gaza in three places and you go and take it away, that
simple," says Malkin.
But at what price? Some Israelis claim it would be a blood bath, that
hundreds of Palestinian children would die.
"Nonsense," Malkin says. "These weapons, which include everything from
mortars to anti-tank missiles, are buried in the sands. The children, the
civilian population in general, will not be endangered."
How about the rifles in the hands of the Palestinian Authority police, now
50,000 strong?
"Most of them will run away with the rifles. We should never have armed
them, this was a big mistake, but if we go in with full force it will not
be a terrible problem."
And the suicide bombers, how to stop them?
"This happened when Arafat released them from the prisons, against his
promises in the Oslo agreements. He knows where they are and he can jail
them again. We must go after them ourselves, to hell with whether they are
in the so-called Palestinian-controlled areas," says Malkin. "It will be
difficult, but we have to try - and with proper intelligence we will succeed."
Beyond all of this, Malkin wants Israel to ban Arafat from Israel and the
territories. "This is very important," he says. "We must disconnect this
murderer from his gangs. Arik Sharon worries that he will be called
Milosevic if he moves in strongly. But Arafat is the real Milosevic. Would
America, I ask you, allow such a killer to stay in the country?"
The latest news out of the Israeli government is to hold off in order to see
whether Arafat makes good on his call for an unconditional ceasefire. How
would keeping him out do anything but destroy that chance?
"It will help, if anything can help," says Malkin. "Arafat cannot be
trusted, he has broken every promise he ever made. Disconnect him, and we
will see what he will do. He has cell phones and faxes, he can control his
killers from afar if he wishes. And if not, the Palestinians will have to
decide whether he is or isn't their leader. And we will know if he has the
power to make peace."
Better than if he stays in Ramallah or Gaza?
"Better by far," Malkin says. "We have to let him know and let his people
know that the death of 19 children will not be forgotten. What are the
parents of these children to think if we let it go by, as we have since
Oslo?"
The world seems to insist that the blame for the terror is on Israel,
because they will not remove the settlements on the West Bank and Gaza.
Malkin's answer to that is a question: "Is Tel Aviv a Jewish settlement?"
And then he asks me as follows: "Would any American bank take Yasser
Arafat's signature on a loan?"
Not even as a co-signer, I answer.
"So we are supposed to take his word on life and death?"
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