Author Topic: Sharon blocks Arafat-Peres meeting (Read 434 times)

Thud · « **on:** September 23, 2001, 07:59:00 AM »

And once again the small chance of improving the middle-east problem is destroyed by that senile war-mongering extremist prime-minister. It's so sad that extremists on both sides keep preventing others to be constructive. I sincerely hope that the US, when they have coped with the situation around the terrorist attacks, will apply heavy pressure on Sharon to force him to negotiate.

Thud out

capt. apathy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2001, 11:12:00 AM »

do you really think there will ever be peace between the arabs and jews?
even if there where to be an 'official' agreement extreemests on both sides would continue to fight it out.

weazel · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2001, 12:21:00 PM »

I sincerely hope that the US, when they have coped with the situation around the terrorist attacks, will apply heavy pressure on Sharon to force him to negotiate.

F#%k negotiating with Arafat,he is a terrorist, kill the rat bastard.

RJH57 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2001, 12:44:00 PM »

>both sides would continue to fight it out

A well-armed Israeli military utilizing Merkava tanks, F-15's & F-16's, helicopter gunships, artillery, electronic surveillance, BILLIONS of US $$ aid annually vs. rock-throwing Palestinian civilians. Those poor Israelis - how do they manage to survive!?

mrfish · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2001, 12:56:00 PM »

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Originally posted by weazel:

F#%k negotiating with Arafat,he is a terrorist, kill the rat bastard.

...and a nobel peace prize laureate. that wasn't part of your world class cnn, abc, nbc news mind indoctrination though was it.

maybe it got a 4-second blurb right behind michael maries marie back in '94...maybe

Nashwan · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2001, 01:39:00 PM »

Arafat is a terrorist, but then Sharon is a war criminal who can't visit Europe without diplomatic immunity or he faces arrest.
In 1982 Sharon was defence minister when he authorised Israeli allies to enter 2 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Shabr and Shatila. The Israeli's Christian millitia allies were intent on revenge after their prime minister had been asassinated. They massacred 3000 Palestinian women and children in revenge, after being allowed into the camps by the Israeli army, under the orders of Sharon.
It's not an isolated incident either. Look up Dir Yassin, the Palestinian village where the civillians inhabitants were massacred in 1948. That was carried out by the Stern gang and Irgun, led by Yitzhak Shamir an Menachim Begin, both of whom later became prime ministers of Israel.

Thud · « **Reply #6 on:** September 24, 2001, 10:52:00 AM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy:
do you really think there will ever be peace between the arabs and jews?
even if there where to be an 'official' agreement extreemests on both sides would continue to fight it out.

A very small minority would, the majority would embrace the new found 'peace' with all their hearts. Remember before the assassination of Rabin when Arafat and himself won the Nobel peace-price, everybody in the middle east, and the rest of the world for that matter, had very high hopes that peace in the middle-east was within reach and acted according to that. So if something resembling the Oslo-treaty is produced and Israel respects it then once again all but the most extremist palestinians and Israelis will swear off violence, and they will have no public support for their actions anymore so their movements will be marginalized.

Thud out