Comments on: Is peace possible? http://www.yourish.com/2005/10/31/252 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gary Rosen http://www.yourish.com/2005/10/31/252/comment-page-1#comment-736 Gary Rosen Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:25:03 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=252#comment-736 That would be a turning point, wouldn't it, if Arab governments actually stopped supporting Palestinian terrorists. I'm not letting the Palestinians off the hook for the extremely dysfunctional nature of their politics (going back to the Mufti) but their worst, most violent tendencies have been enabled and indeed financed for decades by those who really have the wealth and power - Israel's Arab "neighbors". Maybe it's because they just hate Jews (likely) or maybe it's because they need to buy off terrorists to prop up their own brutal, corrupt regimes (not mutually exclusive). But if they would stop the flow of arms and cash we might actually see a ray of hope. I'm not holding my breath, though. That would be a turning point, wouldn’t it, if Arab governments actually stopped supporting Palestinian terrorists. I’m not letting the Palestinians off the hook for the extremely dysfunctional nature of their politics (going back to the Mufti) but their worst, most violent tendencies have been enabled and indeed financed for decades by those who really have the wealth and power – Israel’s Arab “neighbors”.

Maybe it’s because they just hate Jews (likely) or maybe it’s because they need to buy off terrorists to prop up their own brutal, corrupt regimes (not mutually exclusive). But if they would stop the flow of arms and cash we might actually see a ray of hope. I’m not holding my breath, though.

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