http://arabist.net/archives/2005/02/16/a-low-hanging-fruit/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://arabist.net/archives/2005/02/16/a-low-hanging-fruit/#comment-4131 Sam Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:52:58 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2005/02/16/a-low-hanging-fruit/#comment-4131 new angle on the issue of killing Hariri is that of Israel wanting to disrupt its talks with Abou Mazen. One might ask how could that add up, well I think that if you push lebanon back into civil war and you corner Syria and provoque it into a more agressive policy towards Israel through its proxies *Hezbollah) opening the south lebanese front , you can set the whole region including Palestine on fire. Eventhough the talks in my opinion are in favour of Israel and constitute no serious step ahead for the palestinians but for a right wing conservative Sharon, any concession is not accepted. Sharon can only escape negotiations through war.... any war ..... new angle on the issue of killing Hariri is that of Israel wanting to disrupt its talks with Abou Mazen. One might ask how could that add up, well I think that if you push lebanon back into civil war and you corner Syria and provoque it into a more agressive policy towards Israel through its proxies *Hezbollah) opening the south lebanese front , you can set the whole region including Palestine on fire. Eventhough the talks in my opinion are in favour of Israel and constitute no serious step ahead for the palestinians but for a right wing conservative Sharon, any concession is not accepted. Sharon can only escape negotiations through war…. any war …..

]]> http://arabist.net/archives/2005/02/16/a-low-hanging-fruit/#comment-4130 Rashad Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:49:33 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2005/02/16/a-low-hanging-fruit/#comment-4130 To be fair to the NY Times, they're calling for pressure on Syria to get out of Lebanon, not really, "move against it" as you say. But thank you so much for all the links and run down of coverage. Very helpful for a busy grad student trying to get the latest news. To be fair to the NY Times, they’re calling for pressure on Syria to get out of Lebanon, not really, “move against it” as you say. But thank you so much for all the links and run down of coverage. Very helpful for a busy grad student trying to get the latest news.

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