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I Hope You're Right
Reader comment on item: Hope for the Middle East

Submitted by Bruce Stevens (United States), May 21, 2002 at 16:41

Dr. Pipes,
I found your article of 5/21 quite interesting and I hope your conclusion (that the Palestinians will run out of endurance by the end of this year) is right, but am quite skeptical. At best, I would expect that the Palestinians seek a respite from violence, and then find
a pretext in the not-distant-enough future to resume their assault on Israel. They've been at it over 50 years this time around. During the Crusades, they kept at it for five times that long. I see nothing to suggest that they will give up now.
Respectfully,
Bruce Stevens

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Palestinians' Shoes... [114 words]Katherine WilliamsOct 21, 2002 22:29
Western Ideology is Harmful in the Middle East [362 words]Mike NargizianMay 27, 2002 02:23
Response to comment: Two States is Suicide for Both! [17 words]William J. SturmMay 26, 2002 23:30
As Long As Iran and Iraq Are Players Arafat Won't Be Defeated [283 words]Joe LeviMay 25, 2002 06:41
"The more destruction I see, the stronger I get" [221 words]Avi E SmithMay 23, 2002 11:57
Two States is Suicide for Both! [303 words]Mike NargizianMay 23, 2002 00:42
Hussein Ibish--Is He For Real? [51 words]Grace M. VogtMay 22, 2002 21:15
A Different Ratio? [52 words]Boris GalinskyMay 22, 2002 17:33
Shut Down Resources for Wreaking Terror [47 words]Ella SmithMay 22, 2002 15:20
Moderate Muslims Must Be Strengthened [41 words]David W. LincolnMay 22, 2002 13:38
Another Rationale for Palestinian Violence [162 words]Yochanan ben DanielMay 22, 2002 11:32
Is a Change of Heart Possible? [199 words]David KrossMay 22, 2002 11:13
I am confused [118 words]Dark PlanetMay 22, 2002 11:02
Achieving a Palestinian Democracy Should be the US Goal [339 words]Leon SegalMay 22, 2002 10:44
Sharon Does Not Get the Credit He Deserves [195 words]Ron PollandMay 22, 2002 09:21
The State Department is Part of the Problem [70 words]Pete GuerrieriMay 22, 2002 04:08
Hope is eternal! [247 words]William J. SturmMay 22, 2002 02:14
Who is Condemning the Violence? [182 words]David GerstmanMay 21, 2002 22:07
Palestinian Terror Will Continue Indefinitely [73 words]Stanley YarkinMay 21, 2002 22:07
The Head of the Snake [341 words]Stan BeerMay 21, 2002 21:27
Two Comments [255 words]I BrodskyMay 21, 2002 21:08
Positive Views [15 words]Tom FoltzMay 21, 2002 21:08
Economy Holding Up? [148 words]Harriet TarlowMay 21, 2002 20:01
End of Conflict? [24 words]Jan KarlstroemMay 21, 2002 19:11
The Real Problem in the Middle East [102 words]Michael RifkinMay 21, 2002 18:08
↔ What's the real problem of the Middle East ( the holy lands)? [548 words]Oğuzhan KonezJan 21, 2006 09:08
Guilty of believing their own rhetoric [138 words]Mark FeldsteinMay 21, 2002 17:25
⇒ I Hope You're Right [96 words]Bruce StevensMay 21, 2002 16:41
The world's support gives them the sense of moving forward [153 words]Lucy TsirelsonMay 21, 2002 16:06
Hope? [340 words]Glenn KlotzMay 21, 2002 16:02
Accelerating Hope [64 words]Steven HessMay 21, 2002 15:33
Is there really hope? [301 words]Ethan CoreyMay 21, 2002 15:33
A Useful Analogy to Remember [124 words]Tomer KramerMay 21, 2002 14:46
But what of the Islamic extremists? Saudi Arabia is not our friend [459 words]Byron SmithMay 21, 2002 13:38

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