Friday, December 14, 2007

Another "hellish nightmare of violence"?


Rushing to Hand the Palestinians a Country
-Mark Davis

There is no problem with a quest for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The problem is rushing to hand the Palestinians a country before they seem remotely able to function as a sufficiently peaceful people.

Look at Gaza. Israel, America and the world were told that if Israel would just withdraw from Gaza, the Palestinians left behind would show their aptitude for self-rule. That they did, as Gaza became a hellish nightmare of violence.

Mr. Abbas can talk all day about his desire to peacefully coexist with Israel - I may be on the verge of believing him - but until there is an appreciable number of Palestinians similarly inclined to such civility, the two-state solution is worse than no solution. It is a delusion that only serves to reward horrific behavior.

In Jerusalem a few summers ago, I met many Palestinians eager to coexist peacefully with Israel. There simply are not enough of them.
(Dallas News)

1 comment:

LHwrites said...

Thanks to the peace process brokered and imposed by the rest of the world, there is a two state solution in place. Hamas has its own state now. It's just not what Abbas wanted, or the rest of the world expected. It does show that the Palestinians are not ready to move ahead with this process though.