On yesterday's Meet the Press a Palestinian spokeman made the interesting point that the Israeli settlements in the West Bank

1)sit on top of the Northern acquifer
2)sit on top of the Southern acquifer
3)control all access to the Jordan River

Little wonder the Palestinians rejected Barak's offer.

Other points of interest from the recent news:

Sharon spoeksman had stated Saturday in response to Bush Jr's call that the anti-terrorist action would take 1 month. His position is changing, but today he is floating the idea that unspecified security buffers will have to be held into the future.

In case you actually believe any of this bullshit, another "fact" bandied about Sunday was that since Sharon took office his government has constructed 34 new settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

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