# Palestine/Israel - why not do this...

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 1, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palestine-israel-why-not-do-this/101289 "2002-04-01T23:23:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palestine-israel-why-not-do-this/101289/13 "2002-04-02T23:57:36Z")

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It looks almost like Israel has boxed itself into a corner.  
If they pull away from Arafta’s compound now, they’ll look week, I think.  
They can’t very well kill him either, without looking worse.  
Maybe they should call a time out.“Okay, we’re goin back, just pretend this never happened…”

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