>>>>>>At some point Irael tranformed from a country desperately defending itself, into an oppressor.
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>>>>>Maybe they became the "oppressor" because they were desperate.
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>>>>While I agree that is what happened, it doesn't make it right. In fact it should have made them sympathesize with who they were oppressing even more so.
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>>>Ok. Show "sympathy" and then what?
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>>>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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>Is this story complete???

As complete as my memory of the events. But that is obviously a very bare bones account of the events.

Regards,