>- Original Message -
>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:35 AM
>Subject: [PEN-L:12734] Re: Fwd: News: Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv
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>> Tim Bousquet wrote:
>>
>
- Original Message -
From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:35 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:12734] Re: Fwd: News: Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv
> Tim Bousquet wrote:
>
> >Probably, I'm guessing,
Tim Bousquet wrote:
>Probably, I'm guessing, the situation has
>evolved to such a point that the Palestinian elite no
>longer matter from a political standpoint, and so the
>choice is exactly as you stated: either complete
>surrender or complete war. I think, as do a great many
>of my Palestinian
I wrote:
> > Of course, this is the kind of thing that the
> > Palestinians have to decide
> > for themselves.
Tim writes:
>The problem is: Who are the Palestinians, and Who
>speaks for them?
that is _the_ problem. If the Palestinians were actually organized and had
some kind of legitimate lead
--- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course, this is the kind of thing that the
> Palestinians have to decide
> for themselves.
The problem is: Who are the Palestinians, and Who
speaks for them?
Arafat, circa 1968-1989 was, in the words of the day,
"the sole legitimate representativ
Tim wrote:
>It seems to
>me now that "two state solution" is an impossibility
>now, and that the only hope for Palestinians is to
>build a civil rights movement within a truly
>democratic Israel.
I think you're right. I've had a fantasy -- one that's quite impractical,
I'm afraid -- that the Pal
--- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is turning into a total melt-down, a vicious
> circle that threatens to
> become a new kind of holocaust.
Yes. I was in Palestine during the intifada, and while
things weren't good, there was an ultimately positive
spirit among the Palestinians
