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than Prime Minister Sharon's posi-
tion of not negotiating until there's a
complete end of violence.
"Israelis must have a strong defen-
sive position because of violence of
the Palestinian side," says Stockton,
who has been to the Middle East on
numerous occasions, visiting Israel,
the West Bank and Jordan.
"Rabin said that Israelis would
negotiate as if there is no terrorism.
And will fight terrorism as if there
were no negotiations," Stockton
says.
"So Rabin forged parallel process-
es, which implies that he saw the
Many think the two
sides need a cooling-
off period.
Palestinians in terms of complexity.
Not all Palestinians are the same,"
Stockton says. "But Sharon says he
won't negotiate until there's a com-
plete end of violence, which is not a
realistic position. As Rabin said,
`There's always someone who will try
to disrupt the process.'"
For many Jews, the Palestinians
haven't gone far enough in their will-
ingness to work the road map's steps
toward peace.
"We know that Hamas, Islamic
Jihad, their goal is the destruction of
the state of Israel and it's not limited
to the settlements," says Gad-Harf.
"Israel cannot be expected to be con-
ciliatory in the face of terrorism."
Israel was prepared to dismantle
settlements and provide job oppor-
tunities and had taken conciliatory
steps such as beginning to dismantle
hilltop settlements, he says, adding
Israel would have gone further had
the Palestinian Authority reciprocat-
ed.
At this point, many conclude that
the two sides must be separated for a
cooling-off period.
"Israelis and the Palestinians are
like two kids in a fight. The best
thing now is total separation and
when they grow up, you start taking
down the barriers and learn how to
establish trust and partnership in the
future," says Joshua Berkovitz, presi-
dent of the Michigan Friends of the
Israeli Defense Forces.
He adds that he's in favor of estab-
lishing the security fence between
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the two countries. "Like the Berlin
Wall, it serves a purpose," says
Berkovitz, who grew up in Israel and
served in the army.
Stockton agrees. "You have two
cats that have their tails tied together
and they have been thrown over a
clothes line and they're tearing each
other apart," he says.
Israeli Deputy Consul David Roet,
who recently visited the Jewish News
office, says, "The fence follows to
some extent the Green Line [which
marks the pre-1967 borders of
Israel] because of population... For
the majority of people [Palestinians],
the fence will allow, them to live
their life without Israelis. It's a tern-
porary solution."
Stockton counters by saying the
barrier penetrates the West Bank at
strategic places, cutting off West
Bank water sources and carving out
chunks of Palestinian territory.
"It looks like Sharon is doing a
preemptory redefining of the bound-
aries and that's inconsistent with the
road map," Stockton says.
The Bush administration is con-
sidering reducing Israel's $9 million
loan guarantees because of deviations
in the fence.
"It's a very serious threat to any
negotiated settlement and Israel's
Labor Party agrees," says Stockton.
Everyday Life
Several members of Zeitouna, an
American Arab and Jewish dialogue
group that meets in Ann Arbor, took
advantage of the window of time '
when the road map was in operation
to visit family in the West Bank.
Randa Nasir Ajlouny, 29, of Ann
Arbor says she had reservations
about visiting her family in the West
Bank because of her 14-month-old
baby and the roadblocks, especially
between her family's home in Birzeit,
where her father is president of
Birzeit University, and her husband's
family in Ramallah.
"But after 3 1 /2 years, we had to see
our families," says Ajlouny, who vis-
ited every Christmas until the intifa-
da started three years ago. She says
this trip was filled with humiliation
and pain when crossing the road-
blocks and checkpoints.
When asked about these barriers,
Berkovitz says, "Yes, I feel bad for
Palestinians, but these barriers were
set up after several Palestinian ambu-
lances were found carrying weapons.
Still, Ajlouny says the way soldiers
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