WHAT DETOUR?

Israel and Palestinians Resume Talks Despite Violence (GREG MYRE, June 14, 2003, NY Times)

After a week of ferocious bloodshed, Israeli, Palestinian and American officials worked today to calm the region and salvage an international peace plan with a series of weekend meetings.

The main focus was a proposal for Israeli troops to pull back from volatile areas in the northern Gaza Strip and for Palestinian security forces to move in and take control.

The ugly truth is that the closer they get to a Palestinian State the more violent the Palestinian extremists will get, because the declaration of statehood is their knell. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 14, 2003 1:30 PM