On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, R.S. Zaharna was quoted as saying:
> It may be time--yet, then it may be too late--for Israel to confess to its
> true intentions in the Palestinian territories. The sustained and myopic
> focus on the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, has little to do with
> stopping "terrorism." What removing Arafat will do is induce a Palestinian
> civil war and, by extension, give Israel a pretext for re-occupying the
> Palestinian territories.
What would Israel gain from formally re-occupying the territories? Doesn't the current scheme of total lockdown accomplish everything a re-occupation could at much less cost?
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com