FM Peres on Israel TV "bridge the gap", "no alternative" to Mitchell - IMRA
asks about implementing American murder quota

Aaron Lerner Date: 27 June 2001

Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said in a live interview broadcast on Israel
Television Channel One tonight that "bridging is possible" between Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon's requirement of 100% cessation of violence and
incitement and the American position that the Palestinians be permitted to
continue carrying out a "realistic" number of attacks. Peres reminded the
audience that "there is no alternative" to Mitchell.

(IMRA: It is not known if under the American "realistic terror" program if
the "realistic number" is the number of ATTACKS or number of CASUALTIES. If
the latter is adopted it will require very strict coordination between the
Palestinian Authority and Israel. For example, if America proposes that
five Israelis can be murdered and 15 wounded each week it will be necessary
for Palestinian security officials to maintain tight contact with Israeli
rescue forces as well as the hospitals to make sure that the weekly
murder/wounding quota has not been exceeded before the next Palestinian
squad acts.

A particularly thorny issue will be the treatment of mortally wounded
Israelis who have not yet been taken off of life support. If, under the
American proposal, they are to be counted only as "wounded" until they
actually die, the Palestinians would still be able to murder other Israelis
to fill their weekly quota. At that point, it may be necessary for an
American observer to be present in the hospital to insure that life support
is only removed either at the end of the week (if the Palestinians have not
met their quota) or to carryover the Israelis death until the next week.

It also remains unclear if the unused quota of dead Israelis can be carried
over from one week to the next.)

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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