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Israel-Palestine
Sharon, Abbas: This time it's for real
2005-02-09
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas pledged publicly in Sharm e-Sheikh Tuesday to put an end to four years of violence, and in a private meeting, expressed their determination to make these declarations stick this time. "Today, in my meeting with Chairman Abbas, we agreed that all Palestinians will stop all acts of violence against all Israelis everywhere, and — in parallel — Israel will cease all its military activity against all Palestinians anywhere," Sharon declared, speaking in Hebrew at the end of the summit. "We hope that today we are starting a new period of hope." His declaration came after that of Abbas, who stated in Arabic: "We have agreed... on and end to all acts of violence against Palestinians and Israelis, wherever they are."
Posted by:Fred

#6  I tend to agree with LH. My perception of Sharon's strategy is to strip away the bitter enders in Fatah, Hamas, and IJ and leave the more "cooperative" types. Call it guided, accelerated evolution. Success depends on whether the cooperative types can control the cadres and tribes.
Posted by: 11A5S   2005-02-09 6:00:41 PM  

#5  all you guys seem to think Israel is just being nice and giving yet ONE more Pal another chance. I aint got no inside info, but from public source stuff ive gotten the very strong impression that the Israelis ARE A whole heckuva a lot more intertwined with Palestinian pols than you give them credit for. Im NOT saying anybody is a Mossad agent, or anything, BUT i am saying is that Israel has been working with Dahlan for a long time, and in private, and that some of what youre seeing has been planned for awhile, and I really think theres more here than meets the eye.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-02-09 5:52:10 PM  

#4  Personally, I think Israel has decided that they will try one last time. They will make the ultimate effort this one last time and if the Paleo's burn them on it, I think the Paleo's are going to consider the last four years of Heli-zaps and incursions paradise. Arafat is gone and Israel has made no promises to the PA or Abbas about survival. This truly is the Paleo's last chance at avoiding the IDF giving them a real war.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2005-02-09 4:52:10 PM  

#3  Sharon, Abbas: This time it’s for real

Way too early to say.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-02-09 10:51:09 AM  

#2  so far, so good. Trust but verify. Keep your powder dry.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-02-09 9:10:08 AM  

#1  One of them can and will keep his word.

The other side has several hundred years worth of evolution in front of them, methinks, and nowhere near that much time to do it. Time for some magic neutrino storms to strike "Paleoland" and cause major mutations. They need one of those evolutionary "leaps", heh, or they might run into that evolutionary wall, like the dinosaurs.

I wonder if Gaia lit up "Tilt!" in the Aurora Borealis when the dinos bit the big one... I love good light shows.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-09 7:02:33 AM  

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