Comments on: We’ve got a mighty envoy http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/02/3926 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ed Hausman http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/02/3926/comment-page-1#comment-29496 Ed Hausman Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:41:24 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/02/3926#comment-29496 It isn't that the Muslims are tough negotiators. The problem with making peace with them is that their goal is not peace, it's the destruction of Israel. Any attempt to meet them partway only encourages them to continue with their program. A Palestinian state has only come to be seen as inevitable because Israel has gotten hooked on giving in to US pressure on the issue. An alternative scenario for stabilizing all of historical Palestine is outlined in Benny Elon's plan, the Right Road to Peace. Even this will not be accepted by the West or the Muslims until Israel seriously damages the enemy's ability to continue their resistance. It isn’t that the Muslims are tough negotiators. The problem with making peace with them is that their goal is not peace, it’s the destruction of Israel.

Any attempt to meet them partway only encourages them to continue with their program.

A Palestinian state has only come to be seen as inevitable because Israel has gotten hooked on giving in to US pressure on the issue.

An alternative scenario for stabilizing all of historical Palestine is outlined in Benny Elon’s plan, the Right Road to Peace.

Even this will not be accepted by the West or the Muslims until Israel seriously damages the enemy’s ability to continue their resistance.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/02/3926/comment-page-1#comment-29469 Alex Bensky Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:43:14 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/02/3926#comment-29469 It's not just that Arafat didn't accept the 2000 offer--it gave him virtually everything he could reasonably hope for and he didn't even use it as a basis of negotiation to get more. His response was...well, what the Palestinian response has always been to any actual peace offer--blood, violence, and mayhem. It’s not just that Arafat didn’t accept the 2000 offer–it gave him virtually everything he could reasonably hope for and he didn’t even use it as a basis of negotiation to get more. His response was…well, what the Palestinian response has always been to any actual peace offer–blood, violence, and mayhem.

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