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Yasser Arafat has survived any number of "defining moments" and "turning points" in hisdecades as a Palestinian leader. Now comes another, perhaps the final one. The horrific drubbing of more than two dozen innocent Israelis in attacks in capital of Israel and Haifa overthe weekend makes it imperative that the Palestinian Authority president relegate the back ofthe terrorist groups that carry out such murders of pure hatred. Arafats failure to do sowould open the door to an all-out Israeli war on organizations such as Hamas, whichclaimed responsibility for the most recent attacks, and Islamic Jihad, for certain with greatersuffering for the Palestinian people Arafat claims to represent.     Israel retaliated Monday, launching air strikes on Arafats helicopter compound inthe Gaza Strip and the West Bank urban center of Jenin. Israeli spokesmen also warned of greater,unspecified payback.     The attack and counterattack are th e current tightening of the dreadful happeningsthat must(prenominal) and need to come to an end. Why empennaget the people of both nations live in peaceand throw to live within and alongside one another? I go steady these recent outbreaks of hatredas pure ignorance. They privyt even up image agreeing with each other. In years past UnitedStates presidents digest tried, but only to view more killing. I believe as a nation we need tohold a diplomatic sitting with both nations, and maybe this will have impact on them tosee the mass destruction and economic hardships on their nations. I cant understand, orimagine living in a world where you cant even go to the mall for risk of some madcap thatmight come storming in and blow himself up, or riding the familiar transportation for fear ofbeing killed by a run out. They have been battle since the beginning of time itself and it istime we look at this closer.      Israel uses helicopters and foot soldiers, bull ets and missiles in massive attacksthat kill innocent Palestinians and inflame the hatred. Palestinian suicide bombers mop upweapons around their waists and kill as many Israelis as they can. I preceptort know about youbut to strap a bomb to myself and let it explode is a different concept than to just vomit up thebomb, or throw a grenade. Doesnt that do the same affair without killing yourself? Whoare they trying to kill here? The thing is that Arafat must realize that the weekend attacksrepresent an assault on his own confidence as well as on the tatters of the peace process.Israeli and Palestinian voices of peace have been reduced to whispers the average person