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March 20, 2002
" . . . the Israeli-Palestinian theater. This is our dilemma there: Israel cannot stay in the occupied territories and remain a Jewish democracy. But the Palestinians cannot yet be trusted to control these areas on their own if Israel withdraws. . . . Israelis and Palestinians do not have the resources, or mutual trust, ever to find their way out of this problem alone . . . And the U.S. can no longer afford to just let them go on killing each other. It will undermine America's whole position in the Middle East, as more and more Muslims will blame us for what Israel does to protect itself."
" . . . the escalating friction between the Israeli and Palestinian forces is enabling Palestinians to steadily improve their military skills."
"Israel can . . . not alter its central dilemma — it can't stay in the territories and remain a Jewish democracy and it can't just leave and stay alive as a Jewish democracy." ... [more]
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