To all of the above:
You sound like a bunch of stone age kooks!
A Piece Of The Peace
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The real tragedy of the attack is that Abbas has almost certainly lost one family's support. The backbone of the American diplomatic strategy has been to try to strengthen the moderate Palestinian president, betting that if the two sides can come to a deal—at least on paper—Palestinians will turn away from rejectionist rivals like Hamas. Hazem and Falastine Maali should have been natural supporters: cosmopolitan, wealthy, both from families who traditionally favored secular Fatah over its Islamist rivals. But Hazem isn't buying the party line. "I don't see any benefit to this peace process," he told me, as we talked outside near the scene of the attack. "We haven't achieved anything." Drawing on a cigarette, he explained that Abbas can no longer count on his vote. As we talked, a clutch of young Israeli settlers walked to the bus stop across the street, smiling and laughing. Quickly, reflexively, Maali ducked behind my car.
With Joanna Chen in Yitzhar and Nuha Musleh in Hebron
© 2008
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