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2005-01-27 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-27 12:12:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Israel has decided to halt its policy of "targeted assassinations"
Bomb's away, eh?

Posted by 2b 2005-01-27 7:24:42 AM|| 2005-01-27 7:24:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's hoping for the best!

But anyone interestinged in starting a betting pool on how long this will last?

I'm betting three-four days before Hamas gives in to their murder addiction and blows up another bus.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-27 9:12:20 AM|| 2005-01-27 9:12:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 While I do hope Israel continues (or increases, even) a rigorous intelligence-gathering effort, I do hope Israel doesn't employ any military activity that would be viewed as breaking the agreement.

But, I think a real concern is that Hamas/IJ will continue to build infrastructure and capability for killing while this hudna is in effect. It's not like they finally accept the existence of Israel. That puts Israel between a rock and a hard place: What does Israel do when it finds a bomb making or rocket making factory? What does Israel do when it uncovers plans for attacks?

Given the current dynamics, all Israel would be able to do would be to contact the PA to deal with the threat. That pits pali vs. pali, one faction of which is service to the Jews.

Not good odds to say the least.

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-01-27 9:37:38 AM|| 2005-01-27 9:37:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 finish the fence....faster

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-27 10:09:46 AM|| 2005-01-27 10:09:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 ..I do hope Israel doesn't employ any military activity that would be viewed as breaking the agreement.

Why should anyone care about this? It's not as if the Paleos themselves have an unblemished record where honoring agreements is concerned...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-27 10:58:55 AM|| 2005-01-27 10:58:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Why should anyone care about this?

If you mean "why should anyone care about the palis," I would suggest they shouldn't. But I would love to see progress made, which requires that palis start to trust Israel and hamas is marginalized. If Israel were to strike first, it would give great comfort to hamas and would give palis reason to blame Israel for the breakdown of the process.

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-01-27 1:39:42 PM|| 2005-01-27 1:39:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 ..which requires that palis start to trust Israel..

You're kidding, right? Israel has provided more than enough reasons for anyone to believe that they can honor their end of an agreement. It's the Paleos, not the Israelis, that need to prove something. The Paleos need to prove they can police themselves. The Paleos need to prove they can honor agreed-upon deals. And most of all, the Paleos need to prove that they can fix what's wrong with their society.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-27 2:08:06 PM|| 2005-01-27 2:08:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree that they need to prove they can police themselves. In fact, I really believe they won't be able to (too much corruption, too many people benefit from the conflict and not enough capability exists). But that's why Israel needs to be pristine in this -- any first-strike military action on the part of Israel would be a pretext for Hamas to say that Israel broke the accord and they'd have an excuse to not police themselves and not fix what's wrong with their society. The bottom line is: it's easier to blame Israel than to actually do the real work that needs to be done. I simply don't want to give them any reason to do that, forcing them to fix the real problems.

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-01-27 4:32:03 PM|| 2005-01-27 4:32:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 must.bomb.bus.

Posted by Abdul al-Explodi 2005-01-27 5:11:35 PM|| 2005-01-27 5:11:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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