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Third Party Intervention in the Middle East

***** headlines everyday report more violence in the Middle East than ever before. Television broadcasts offer viewers a barrage of suicide bombers, massacres, garden-variety atrocities of all types, and a group who hails themselves as "Freedom Fighters." With so many women, children, and others who do not support their position ***** victims, one must wonder for whose freedom do they fight? This conflict has been go*****g on for many generati*****s ***** with no real re*****lution, only a tempor*****ry lull in the fighting now and then.

The two sides of the conflict have ***** unable to resolve their differences to this point and the fighting and violence continues ***** escalate ***** involve more and more innocent victims. Due to ***** inability to resolve this conflict on their own, it is ***** necessary for third parties to intervene with soluti*****s ***** end ***** senseless conflict, so that no more innocent lives are lost.

In an article in the Palest*****e Chronicle, Baroud Ramzy points out ***** the exact numbers ***** the dead are not even kn*****. There are m*****y who are m*****sing or *****, and no ***** even has an accurate count any *****. Estimates are somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000. These are the nameless, faceless dead of women ***** children ***** have vanished into ***** annals ***** history.

So how did this recent wave of violence escalate? Elias Tuma ***** Amin.org blames the leaders for failing to anticipate the o*****rs reactions. ***** states, "Yasser Arafat bears a great responsibility for failing to anticipate how Ariel Sharon would react to terrorist activities and ***** bombers who were targeting civilians indiscriminately."(Tuma, amin.org). He also adds that ***** Sharon is equ*****y responsible for the deterioration of relations with ***** Palestinians as he gave the orders for the ***** inflicted on the *****.

An article in the Israeli Insider makes it clear that Shar***** will ***** trust Arafat. President Bush reminds Sharon ***** ***** though he ********** *****t trust Arafat, he still must deal with him to be able ***** resolve th***** ***** in a way that ***** benefit all parties involved. ABC News has a synopsis ***** ***** two sides involved. This conflict has a long history over occupation of the area known as the "Fertile Crescent," however, ABC News is quick to point out that this most recent conflict is one ***** two clashing personalities. Both Sharon and Arafat grew up on the land that they now fight *****. They have similar backgrounds involving participation in paramilitary *****s at an early age. In 2002 ***** claims to ***** direct evidence linking ***** ***** the recent terrorism in the region, and now the world. It seems as if the ***** is no longer about pr*****ciples, but more resembles two small boys fighting ***** control over the sand box.

BBC reporter K*****hryn Westcott reports a chilling trend *****mong young teens ***** emulate their elders and perform suicide bombings. The military action in the West Bank ***** had the effect