Palestinians Should Just Say Yes
For over six decades, Israelis and Palestinians have been locked in cycles of violence punctuated by fruitless efforts to forge a peace settlement. Given this dismal track record, a breakthrough in the new negotiations now under way will require a bold move to prevent the talks from again ending in stalemate.
Since Israel holds virtually all the cards — the land, the tanks, the wealth, the water — the Palestinians should make that bold move by taking what they can get, not what they want.
The Palestinian Authority should make Israel an offer it can’t refuse by leapfrogging the logjam and declaring publicly that it is prepared to accept the outlines of the deal that successive Israeli governments have put on the table.… Seguir leyendo »