[Peace] FWD: RE: NY times letters

[vaa]

What follows is a letter-to-the-editor written by David Green that appeared in 
last week's NY Times.



July 15
The New York Times
To the Editor:

	David Grossman's opposition to a wall of separation is correct
(Op-Ed, July 12), but I disagree that ``there may well come a time'' when
``Israel will conclude that there really is no chance of peace,'' and then
the wall can then be built.

      Israel would have a ``chance of peace'' and could save itself the
trouble and expense of building a wall if it recognized the Palestinians'
justified demand for full withdrawal from the
occupied territories and a viable state in that 22 percent of land that
remains of pre-1948  Palestine.

      This was the hope of Oslo. This hope was immediately mocked by the
Israeli policies of limited withdrawal, closure,continued settlement  and
tightly controlled ``autonomy.'' Mr. Grossman
implies that the Palestinians have not offered Israel a quid pro quo, when
in fact Israel has yet to offer the Palestinians a life.

  DAVID GREEN
  Champaign, Ill., July 12, 2002

-----Original Message-----
From: vaa [mailto:vaa at students.uiuc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:21 PM
To: Green, David
Subject: RE: NY times letters


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>From: vaa [mailto:vaa at students.>
>>===== Original Message From "Green, David" <dlgreen at uillinois.edu> =====
>>You have to pay to get the whole thing. Here's the gist.
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>>David
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>>EDITORIAL DESK | July 12, 2002, Friday
>>Illusions of a Separate Peace
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>>By David Grossman (NYT) Op-Ed 1409 words
>>Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 19, Column 2
>>ABSTRACT - David Grossman Op-Ed article says Israelis and Palestinians
need
>>border with defensive and barrier devices, open only at specified
>crossings,
>>to protect them from each other, help stabilize relations and, most
>>important, require them to internalize concept of border once and for all;
>>says, however, that it is dangerous to establish such a border right now,
>>unilaterally, without peace agreement; notes fence will not provide
>>appropriate military solution to complex situation in Jerusalem, where
Jews
>>and Arabs rub shoulders each day (M)