>>>Ok. Show "sympathy" and then what?
>>>
>>>Arafat had his chances at peace. But what happened? There were many cease fire along the way... what happened?
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>>Well, as I recall, the last major one was 3 or 4 years ago with Sharon agreeing to direct peace negotiations if it lasted a certain length of time. With less than a month to go to meet the deadline, Sharon had a prominent member of the Palestinian Authority murdered
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>Can't remember that far back and there have been several cease fires.
>But, I would bet that this "murder" occured after PLO/Hamas (or whoever), sent in a S. bomber, breaking a cease fire at that time. If I'm wrong please tell me.

Sure. You're wrong.

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