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Futility
David K 21 Jul 2002
If Arafat and the entire PA leadership aren't exiled to Gaza
Palestinian
elections are just an exercise in legitimating that which has shown
itself
to be ineffective and illegitimate. For Israel an election which
allows the
Palestinians to claim that Israel is not the only democracy in the
region
and casts the legitimacy of democracy and a leadership which is
cronically
autocratic is not a good thing. In order for a Palestinian election to
be
in the interest of peace the Palestinian people must have a choice
which
only includes those who have a ginuine interest in peace. No one in
the
PLO/PA seems to fit this description.
Mr. Netanyahu should expose the
lunacy of this proposed Palestinian election excercise. Having a
Palestinian election without exiling Arafat and the PA is like
performing
heart bypass surgery on a dead man.
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