re peace talks in article may nysernet org astein nysernet org alan stein writes it seems that to keep the peace talks going israel has to keep making goodwill gesture after goodwill gesture while palestinian arabs continue to go around hunting jews you know that putting something like this out on the newsgroup is only going to generate flames not discussion try adding some substance to the issue of gestures you mentioned if the peace talks are going to have any realistic chance of success the arabs are going to have to start reciprocating especially since they are the ones who will be getting tangible concessions in return for giving up only intangibles what is it you feel that israel has offered as a gesture what would you realistically expect to see presented by the arabs palestinians in the way of gesture if they keep trying to change the already agreed upon rules which seems to be one of their favorite games the israelis are not likely to be very confident that the intangibles they will receive at the bargaining table will be worth the parchment they re written on what are the rules that have been bent by arab actions it would seem that the israeli deportations were seen by the other side as an example of changing the rules it takes two to negotiate a peace it s time for the arabs to start doing their share alan h stein astein israel nysernet org tim clock ph d graduate student uci tel department of politics and society fax university of california irvine home tel irvine ca
