Is There Ever Too High a Price to Pay?

JPost carries an insightful but frustrating article on the Sharon government reaction to the bombing of children on a Jerusalem bus.

"Israel will not be able to continue with the road map as long as the Palestinians don't fulfill their obligations," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said.
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"As long as the Palestinians do not act seriously and continuously against terror, there can be no progress in the diplomatic arena, despite Israel's strong desire to continue on this path as quickly as possible." Shalom said Israel would remain committed to the peace process in the long term, but at the moment there would need to be a "price to pay."
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Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Israel would remain committed to the road map for the long term.
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"There will be a reaction," said one [Defense official]. "But it won't be a major operation."

In other words, there is absolutely nothing that the Palestinian Arabs can do to derail the peace process with the Sharon government...ever.