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May 23, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1021990886874&p=1012571727092

Lessons for the Middle East

(Financial Times) Amity Shlaes - Israel's deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky is pushing a reform plan for the Palestinians. "The biggest illusion was that only a strong dictator can bring peace," he says. Negotiation with dictators is morally wrong and politically dangerous: by ceding authority to strongmen, we reinforce their tyranny.

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