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- From: astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein)
- Subject: Re: Sgt-Mgr Nissim Toledano found murdered
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.201343.7055@nysernet.org>
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- References: <1992Dec15.113620.5755@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <BzBAHI.4vs@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <4698@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> <1992Dec19.171726.27595@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:13:43 GMT
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- hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU (Brad Hernlem) writes:
-
- >> His death is on Israel's hands. Israel did not want to exchange him
- >> for Sheikh Ahmed (who is paralyzed and going blind, which is, I presume,
- >> very humanitarian on Israel's part).
-
- He was murdered without attempting any negotiations with Israel.
-
- > A member of Hamas was interviewed on BBC about a
- >week ago. When asked whether he was opposed to peace with Israel, he
- >answered [I am liberally paraphrasing the response] that it was not
- >peace that they were seeking to oppose but that peace talks without a
- >show of commitment by Israel to reach a settlement was an act in futility.
-
- In other words, he might be willing to negotiate if Israel totally
- capitulated in advance.
-
- The purpose of negotiations is to bridge differences and reach an
- agreement both sides can live with. That's impossible to do if one
- side insists on total capitulation in advance.
-
- >What are the intentions of the Israeli government? What do Israelis
- >want?
-
- Israel wants to live in peace with its neighbors.
-
- A more appropriate question is what do Israel's neighbors, and the
- Palestinian Arabs, want? They've made that perfectly clear: the
- total destruction of Israel.
- --
- Alan H. Stein ----- AJIN ----- astein@israel.nysernet.org
-