Comments on: The lessons of “no-man’s land” http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/10/3807 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/10/3807/comment-page-1#comment-29045 Michael Lonie Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:50:10 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/10/3807#comment-29045 People of good will can work things out. There is no good will among the Arabs. Israel has continually stumbled in poeace negotiations due to the eagerness of Israelis for peace. They seem willing to accept any nonsensical "treaty" if it just seems to bring peace, no matter how illusory. I'm afraid Israelis are going to have to reconcile themselves to not getting peace with their neighbors for the foreseeable future. Maybe in fifty years Arabs and other Muslims will be ready to grow up and face reality, but they are not so inclined now. People of good will can work things out. There is no good will among the Arabs.

Israel has continually stumbled in poeace negotiations due to the eagerness of Israelis for peace. They seem willing to accept any nonsensical “treaty” if it just seems to bring peace, no matter how illusory. I’m afraid Israelis are going to have to reconcile themselves to not getting peace with their neighbors for the foreseeable future. Maybe in fifty years Arabs and other Muslims will be ready to grow up and face reality, but they are not so inclined now.

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