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Monday, May 19, 2003
posted by gbarto at 3:05 AM:
Mideast Peace Effort HaltedHamas targets Israelis four times in two days, says attacks won't stop; Yasser Arafat denies Israel's charge he encouraged bombings that killed nine civilians
It's really a damn shame that when you see a headline like "Bombings in Israel" you can't even try to hope that yesterday's headline was just left up by mistake. It's the world we live in though. It's a world created by Yassir Arafat. It's a world continued by Hamas. It is a world that won't go away until either Arafat or every vestige of Arafat that got him where he is today has disappeared from the scene. And where he uses every scrap of his power, both real and in terms of influence, to eliminate, rather than seek understanding for the perpetrators of these acts. When Arafat declares, "Today I am a Jew, for like the Jews I today feel my dreams and hopes for peace failing and my spirit being shattered" and takes the risk that these guys will take a shot at him for it, I'll believe it. But right now, I'm just a tad cynical, because the extremists of Hamas and Hezbollah aren't lining up with declarations that he needs to go, aren't declaring his vision a threat to theirs. Sure, they'll embarrass him and denounce his administrative decisions. But they don't seem to fear that Yassir Arafat will bring peace or destroy their cause. Not a reassuring sign.
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