By P. David Hornik
Read almost any article about Israel and - unless, at the moment, it’s at war - the main topic is likely to be peace.
How should Israel make peace, and with whom? - separately with the Palestinians, or with the whole Arab world at once? With Fatah, or with Hamas, or with Fatah and Hamas together? By unilateral withdrawal or by a signed deal? By the two-state solution, the one-state solution, or some other formula? The Obama administration has said it is making Israeli-Palestinian peace a centerpiece of its policy. The European Union is currently suspending an upgrade of relations with Israel over concerns that it may not really want peace.
Indeed, the election of reputedly “hard-line” Israeli leaders like Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman is considered a blow to peace, and these leaders feel called upon, again and again, to affirm that Israel does want peace and explain how it intends to achieve it - the clear implication being that the Palestinians and the Arabs in general are just waiting for Israel to make the right move.
But is that assumption justified? Rationally speaking, a new report by the Anti-Defamation League should be enough, by itself, to cast a lot of doubt on it. Read more ...
Read almost any article about Israel and - unless, at the moment, it’s at war - the main topic is likely to be peace.
How should Israel make peace, and with whom? - separately with the Palestinians, or with the whole Arab world at once? With Fatah, or with Hamas, or with Fatah and Hamas together? By unilateral withdrawal or by a signed deal? By the two-state solution, the one-state solution, or some other formula? The Obama administration has said it is making Israeli-Palestinian peace a centerpiece of its policy. The European Union is currently suspending an upgrade of relations with Israel over concerns that it may not really want peace.
Indeed, the election of reputedly “hard-line” Israeli leaders like Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman is considered a blow to peace, and these leaders feel called upon, again and again, to affirm that Israel does want peace and explain how it intends to achieve it - the clear implication being that the Palestinians and the Arabs in general are just waiting for Israel to make the right move.
But is that assumption justified? Rationally speaking, a new report by the Anti-Defamation League should be enough, by itself, to cast a lot of doubt on it. Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine