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Third Party Intervention in the Middle East The headlines everyday report more violence in the Middle East than ever before. Television broadcasts offer viewers a barrage of suicide bombers, massacres, garden-variety atrocities of all types, and a group who hails themselves as "Freedom Fighters." With so many women, children, and others who do not support their position as victims, one must wonder for whose freedom do they fight? This conflict has been going on for many generations and with no real resolution, only a temporary lull in the fighting now and then.

The two sides of the conflict have been unable to resolve their differences to this point and the fighting and violence continues to escalate and involve more and more innocent victims. Due to their inability to resolve this conflict on their own, it is now necessary for third parties to intervene with solutions to end this senseless conflict, so that no more innocent lives are lost.

In an article in the Palestine Chronicle, Baroud Ramzy points out that the exact numbers of the dead are not even known. There are many who are missing or dead, and no one even has an accurate count any more. Estimates are somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000. These are the nameless, faceless dead of women and children who have vanished into the annals of history.

So how did this recent wave of violence...

Tuma states, "Yasser Arafat bears a great responsibility for failing to anticipate how Ariel Sharon would react to terrorist activities and suicide bombers who were targeting civilians indiscriminately."(Tuma, amin.org). He also adds that Ariel Sharon is equally responsible for the deterioration of relations with the Palestinians as he gave the orders for the atrocities inflicted on the Palestinians.
An article in the Israeli Insider makes it clear that Sharon will not trust Arafat. President Bush reminds Sharon that even though he does not trust Arafat, he still must deal with him to be able to resolve this conflict in a way that will benefit all parties involved. ABC News has a synopsis of the two sides involved. This conflict has a long history over occupation of the area known as the "Fertile Crescent," however, ABC News is quick to point out that this most recent conflict is one between two clashing personalities. Both Sharon and Arafat grew up on the land that they now fight over. They have similar backgrounds involving participation in paramilitary groups at an early age. In 2002 Sharon claims to have direct evidence linking Arafat to the recent terrorism in the region, and now the world. It seems as if the conflict is no longer about principles,…

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ABC News. Arafat-Sharon Timeline. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/popoff/dailynews/arafat_sharon_timeline_020418.popoff/index.html. Accessed May 5, 2002.

Guardian Unllimited. World trade Organization. 2002. http://www.guardian.co.uk/wto/flash/0.6189.380127.00.html. Accessed May 5, 2002

Jerusalem Post Internet Edition. May 5, 2002. http://www.jpost.com/NASAApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=Jpost/A/JPArticle/Fu;;&cid=1020337077104 Accessed May 5, 2002.

Ramzy Baroud, So, How Do You Define A Massacre? Thursday, May 02, 2002. Palestine
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