Statehood for Palestine? Take a Good Look - Jeff Jacoby
The wonder is not that the Palestinian Authority seethes with violence and instability; there are other places too where bloodshed is the daily fare. The wonder is not that the Palestinians, who receive copious amounts of international aid channel so much of their resources into weapons and warfare. The wonder is that so many voices still push for a Palestinian state.
But has any population ever been less suited for statehood than the Palestinians? From the terrorists they choose as leaders to the jihad promoted in their schools, their culture is drenched in violence and hatred.
Each time the world has offered them sovereignty - an offer that the Kurds or the Chechens or the Tibetans would leap at - the Palestinians have opted instead for bloodshed and rejectionism.
(Boston Globe)
(Boston Globe)
1 comment:
A good point. An intractable problem fueled by the rest of the Arab states. The Palestinians are the embodiment of all the fears and hatred the Arab world had for Israel. As the times have changed, and the less powerful (Jordan) or more pragmatic (Egypt and Saudi Arabia)have come to realize that Israel is an inevitable neighbor and potential trading partner, there has been no way to modify this position among the Palestinians. Now, this fuels terrorism, sometimes against themselves, that they must now contend with.
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