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Yasser Arafat has survived any number of "defining moments" and "turning points" in hisdecades as a Palestinian leader. Now get intos another, perhaps the final one. The horrificslaughter of more than than two dozen innocent Israelis in attacks in Jerusalem and Haifa overthe weekend makes it imperative that the Palestinian Authority president break the back ofthe terrorist groups that bind 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 righteousness for the most recent attacks, and Islamic Jihad, surely with greatersuffering for the Palestinian people Arafat claims to represent.     Israel retaliated Monday, launching air strikes on Arafats helicopter compound inthe Gaza peel and the West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli spokesmen also warned of greater,unspecified payback.     The attack and counterattack are the latest tighten ing of the dreadful happeningsthat essential and need to come to an end. Why cant the people of both(prenominal) nations live in calmnessand agree to live within and alongside one another? I find these recent outbreaks of hatredas pure ignorance. They cant even image agreeing with each other. In years past UnitedStates presidents move over tried, but only to see more killing. I believe as a nation we need tohold a diplomatic session with both nations, and maybe this will have impact on them tosee the mass destruction and economic hardships on their nations. I cant understand, or hypothesise living in a world where you cant even go to the mall for risk of some maniac thatmight come storming in and blow himself up, or riding the public transportation for fear ofbeing killed by a bomb. They have been fighting since the beginning of time itself and it istime we hear at this closer.      Israel uses helicopters and foot soldiers, bullets and missiles in massive a ttacksthat kill innocent Palestinians and inflame the hatred. Palestinian suicide bombers strapweapons around their waists and kill as many Israelis as they can. I dont know about youbut to strap a bomb to myself and let it explode is a different concept than to mediocre drop thebomb, or throw a grenade. Doesnt that do the same thing 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 authority as well as on the tatters of the peace process.Israeli and Palestinian voices of peace have been reduced to whispers the average person