On 10 Aug 2002 at 19:25, rhinoceros wrote:
>
> [rhinoceros 3]
> Now, although those Israeli soldiers selling ammunitions to the enemy
> are not exactly collaborators -- they are rather at police-report
> level -- it is natural that they would be hated by the people. May I
> suggest that the fact that their actions are considered illegal by the
> authorities, and they are arrested at once when discovered, helps a
> little bit to calm down the people?
>
> [Joe Dees 4]
> It also prevents them from obtaining more weapons for and selling more
> weapons to Tanzim. I have to consider this, the obvious reason to
> arrest them, to also be the most likely.
>
> [rhinoceros 5]
> Then, my next question follows naturally. May I suggest that, if being
> a Palestinian collaboratior was considered illegal in itself by the
> authorities, and allowed immediate arrest, that would help appease the
> people and make them less susceptible to the influence of the
> paramilitary groups.
>
It would also mean that the Israelis would be hamstrung in their
intelligence ability to uncover these clandestine groups and, unable to
deter them nearly as successfully, would be far more susceptible to
suicide (and other) attack by them than they presently are. I do not
think the people organizing, facilitating or participating in these attacks
would interpret any appeasement overture on the part of the Israelis as
anything other than Israeli weakness, and thus an incentive to intensify
their assaults.
>
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