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Reader comment on item: To End the [Palestinian] Violence
Submitted by Steven V Gure (United States), Jan 8, 2003 at 13:31
The article is extremely optimistic but I do not believe that it is realistic. Although Israel enters the Palestinian areas, they clearly do not control it. This is evident when the Hamas or other organizations stage large demonstrations gloryfying their martyrs and call for revenge. A very large number of Palestinians (80%) call for further terror tactics to defeat Israel. Israel's response to those terror tactics is not strong enough.Best regards
Steve Gure
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| Short, Sweet and Very Wise [115 words] | Jordan Assouline | Jan 27, 2003 07:33 | 6007 | ||
| Response to commenter Mr. Giulio Battiston [163 words] | John Reinders | Jan 26, 2003 10:16 | 5988 | ||
| Thank You [12 words] | Yoni | Jan 24, 2003 01:45 | 5918 | ||
| Would like to believe it, but experience says otherwise. [199 words] | Menahem Dunsky` | Jan 23, 2003 09:09 | 5905 | ||
| The Fountainhead [89 words] | S.C.Panda | Jan 23, 2003 00:55 | 5902 | ||
| Yes- yes and again yes! [51 words] | Herchelle Young | Jan 22, 2003 23:09 | 5900 | ||
| Fed up with their self-inflicted misery [72 words] | Michoel Zeldis | Jan 22, 2003 20:29 | 5895 | ||
| Just imagine [75 words] | Noah | Jan 20, 2003 23:50 | 5875 | ||
| Brainstorm in Bahrain [474 words] | Walton Cook | Jan 17, 2003 13:57 | 5832 | ||
| Sounds good but... [100 words] | Vic Coffey | Jan 17, 2003 06:28 | 5824 | ||
| Where is the American Indian PLO? [405 words] | Shep Fargotstein | Jan 15, 2003 11:40 | 5783 | ||
| Jerusalem is key [420 words] | J.Shearer | Jan 14, 2003 17:18 | 5750 | ||
| To End The Violence [50 words] | Danny Bonca | Jan 13, 2003 04:19 | 5691 | ||
| The Best Part [93 words] | Priscilla Bird | Jan 12, 2003 14:43 | 5683 | ||
| No End in Sight. [222 words] | Giulio Battiston | Jan 11, 2003 20:57 | 5678 | ||
| Total Support and Agreement [22 words] | Michael Bond | Jan 10, 2003 15:37 | 5655 | ||
| Analyzing terrorism [266 words] | E. J. Blumberg | Jan 8, 2003 23:21 | 5608 | ||
| Worldwide jihad and war on Israel are complementary. [148 words] | J.Shearer | Jan 8, 2003 17:06 | 5602 | ||
| well written. [60 words] | Israeli kid | Jan 8, 2003 16:46 | 5601 | ||
| Ditto on Ronnie Tharp-Garber's comments [95 words] | Glenn Klotz | Jan 8, 2003 14:16 | 5594 | ||
 Optimism [72 words] | Steven V Gure | Jan 8, 2003 13:31 | 5592 | ||
| Dangerously optimistic, unfortunately [201 words] | Boris Galinsky | Jan 8, 2003 13:30 | 5591 | ||
| PEOPLE DONT CHANGE [173 words] | Shlomo Walfish | Jan 8, 2003 13:19 | 5590 | ||
| Israel and the Fight for Democracy [273 words] | Arlinda M. DeAngelis | Jan 8, 2003 09:41 | 5587 | ||
| Political /War Strategy [134 words] | Isaiah520 | Jan 8, 2003 08:56 | 5586 | ||
| Calling a war a war [279 words] | Irwin Prince | Jan 8, 2003 08:48 | 5585 | ||
| The Nature of the Beast [319 words] | RM Paine | Jan 8, 2003 05:47 | 5583 | ||
| #99 [2 words] | bernie nagler | Jan 8, 2003 04:22 | 5581 | ||
| Kill Jews And Get A Country [89 words] | Danny Bonca | Jan 8, 2003 04:14 | 5580 | ||
| History repeating itself (think Sherman) [75 words] | Samuel Tai | Jan 8, 2003 02:13 | 5577 | ||
| What Do the Israeli Polls Show about Sharon's Tough Policy [110 words] | Hyman L.Sall | Jan 7, 2003 21:53 | 5573 | ||
| How to end Islamic violence [184 words] | Ken Besig | Jan 7, 2003 21:42 | 5571 | ||
| NOT QUITE SURE PALESTINIANS ARE READY TO QUIT VIOLENCE [226 words] | Clare M. Lopez | Jan 7, 2003 19:37 | 5569 | ||
| Emigration statistics [51 words] | Jonathan Zasloff | Jan 7, 2003 17:15 | 5568 | ||
| To end the Palestinian violence [310 words] | Deborah Hoger | Jan 7, 2003 16:35 | 5564 | ||
| RECOGNIZE A SUICIDAL STATE [86 words] | GRAHAM RAELBROOK | Jan 7, 2003 16:22 | 5563 | ||
| The Last Chance to Speak out! [288 words] | Gabriel Grosso | Jan 7, 2003 15:37 | 5561 | ||
| Dangerously optimistic [173 words] | Susan Ireland | Jan 7, 2003 15:22 | 5558 | ||
| Decreased violence means an end is in sight [492 words] | Ronnie Tharp-Garber | Jan 7, 2003 15:02 | 5557 | ||
| Lasting Peace [67 words] | Carl Bitzer | Jan 7, 2003 14:46 | 5554 | ||
| The optimist versus the pessimist [175 words] | sheerahkahn | Jan 7, 2003 13:50 | 5551 | ||
| A threat like twentieth century totalitarians [284 words] | Gabriel Grosso | Jan 7, 2003 12:55 | 5549 | ||
| Peaceful Palestinians threatened by their own [161 words] | Marian Hennings | Jan 7, 2003 12:43 | 5548 | ||
| Remember Dale Carnegie? [234 words] | Boris Frenkel | Jan 7, 2003 12:22 | 5546 | ||
| Your Recommendations to Bush Administration [221 words] | Sam Caspersen | Jan 7, 2003 10:48 | 5538 | ||
| Time,Time is on our side [194 words] | Jack Ajzenberg | Jan 7, 2003 07:24 | 5536 |
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