At 4:07 PM -0500 3/8/05, OpinionJournal wrote: >The Road to Peace http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/11050158.htm > >In an op-ed for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, author Frida Ghitis makes an >excellent point: > >*** QUOTE *** > >Pay close attention to what is taking place just below the major headlines >in the Middle East, because something extraordinary has just happened--or, >more precisely, not happened. > >For possibly the first time since 1948, since the creation of the state of >Israel, an Arab government's principal--indispensable--method for >manipulating and controlling its people has stopped working. The >well-known political sleight of hand consists of deflecting popular anger >against the regime by shifting attention and blame onto an outside enemy: >Israel. > >The trick always worked--until now. This is no small development. > >*** END QUOTE *** > >Ghitis is referring to Syria's attempt to blame Israel for the >assassination of Lebanese political Rafiq Hariri, a charge that also found >voice in London's left-wing Guardian >http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1423210,00.html . But look >around the Middle East and you see example after example of people turning >against their own repressive governments rather than directing their anger >at Israel. > >In Kuwait, hundreds of women and men "marched on parliament Monday in the >conservative Gulf state's largest female suffrage rally," reports the >Associated Press >http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110165539413&p=1078397702269 >from Kuwait City. Meanwhile, the French-based Web site Iran va Jahan >reports on the latest Persian protests: > >*** QUOTE *** > >Iranian presidential candidate, Dr. Moein, faced a barrage of protests by >students in Isfahan university yesterday. At the beginning of the >proceedings, the Islamic Republic anthem was played, but the students >instead of singing the official state anthem, stood up and sang the >alternative nationalist "Ey Iran" anthem. > >Many of the students held placards saying "Referendum Yes, Elections No" >which referred to the futility of pre-selected elections in Islamic >Republic and what the people of Iran really want, a referendum for the >drafting of a new constitution that is compatible with the Universal >Declaration of Human Rights and all its associated covenants. > >*** END QUOTE *** > >The faster the Arab and Iranian dictatorships fall, the sooner we will see >a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is chiefly a proxy >war between those dictatorships and their own people.
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