Comments on: Sen. Obama’s JPost interview http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/27/5146 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom Frank http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/27/5146/comment-page-1#comment-32780 Tom Frank Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:38:33 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5146#comment-32780 "They’ve got to consider whether getting that buffer is worth the antagonism of the other party." In as much as "the antagonism" will exist regardless of what Israel does, and will demonstrably be more severe if Israel tries to compromise, the only rational action is for Israel to rigidly adhere to the 67+ lines, and let the Palestinian's deal with it however they will. Unfortunately, I doubt that will be the approach Israel takes. “They’ve got to consider whether getting that buffer is worth the antagonism of the other party.”

In as much as “the antagonism” will exist regardless of what Israel does, and will demonstrably be more severe if Israel tries to compromise, the only rational action is for Israel to rigidly adhere to the 67+ lines, and let the Palestinian’s deal with it however they will.

Unfortunately, I doubt that will be the approach Israel takes.

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