The article fits in perfectly with what I've been saying (forever): "A pox on both their houses." As long as Israel exists in that neighborhood, there is going to be conflict. The alternative, of course, is for that neighborhood to be razed to the ground. Neither is likely to happen; i.e., Israel or the Arab nations disappearing, at least in the lifetime of anyone living today.
It is untrue that Netanyahu is the obstacle on the Israeli side to a two state solution when in fact Israelis have been betrayed enough to have given up hope for a pal state that can guarantee their security. Only the west is naive enough to think a 2 state solution is still tenable.
There is plenty of naivete to go around. The Palestinian dream of return is naive. The Hamas dream of victory over Israel is naive. The Israeli dream of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and onlookers taking the stateless, separate and unequal status of West Bank Palestinians lying down without protest is naive. Iran thinking it can do anything to *help* Palestinians or get them land, instead of just piss Israel and America off, is naive. Netanyahu was naive thinking he could let Hamas stew in Gaza forever. Israeli families, public opinion, and the government together were naive when in the past they traded scores of terrorist prisoners for one or two or three captured Israeli soldiers, or just for the bodily remains of dead soldiers, and didn't think ahead that this would encourage terrorists to take *more* hostages. Victory is the most naive idea anybody tries to sell.
The article fits in perfectly with what I've been saying (forever): "A pox on both their houses." As long as Israel exists in that neighborhood, there is going to be conflict. The alternative, of course, is for that neighborhood to be razed to the ground. Neither is likely to happen; i.e., Israel or the Arab nations disappearing, at least in the lifetime of anyone living today.
It is untrue that Netanyahu is the obstacle on the Israeli side to a two state solution when in fact Israelis have been betrayed enough to have given up hope for a pal state that can guarantee their security. Only the west is naive enough to think a 2 state solution is still tenable.
There is plenty of naivete to go around. The Palestinian dream of return is naive. The Hamas dream of victory over Israel is naive. The Israeli dream of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and onlookers taking the stateless, separate and unequal status of West Bank Palestinians lying down without protest is naive. Iran thinking it can do anything to *help* Palestinians or get them land, instead of just piss Israel and America off, is naive. Netanyahu was naive thinking he could let Hamas stew in Gaza forever. Israeli families, public opinion, and the government together were naive when in the past they traded scores of terrorist prisoners for one or two or three captured Israeli soldiers, or just for the bodily remains of dead soldiers, and didn't think ahead that this would encourage terrorists to take *more* hostages. Victory is the most naive idea anybody tries to sell.