"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
What Arafat turned down was nearly everything he had been
demanding. His bluff was called. He has no interest in a peaceful
Arab state alongside Israel,

Bingo. For the same reason, peace with various militant "Palestinian"
terrorist groups is impossible.

Neither do any of the local Arab states want such an arrangement. They
do not want to lose the boogieman they use to divert attention from
their domestic failures.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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