Richard, actually I think that Sharon's policies have been extremely successful. The purpose of these policies, from where I stand, is to bring about the emergence of a real peace partners, not one that openly advocate as a tactical means the initial establishment of a Palestinian state as a springboard for the future eradication of Israel. If that is indeed the case, why should the Israeli commit suicide? At the end, it may end up with the Israeli following the allies lead after WWII and actually recapturing the territories, but imposing a democratic system, and after some 40 years of such a system, when the new generations is no longer poisoned with hate every day through their schooling and their leadership incitement, grant them statehood. We outlawed neo fascism in the axis countries, and are still there after almost 60 years, and the German, Italians and Japanese are all better off for it. If it was up to me, I would even have a "forfeiture plan" delineating the future agreed boundaries, but violations of certain imposed rules in education, broadcasting, local government and fringe terrorists gang, would cause the automatic subtraction of parts of those future lands. Right now, the Palestinian have been led to believe that time is on their side and that they have nothing to lose, it must be made quite visible that indeed, they have what to lose, and these losses and future losses must be made clear to all, and tied up to absolute adherence to agreements (or forced imposition) so they finally chose to act in such a way that they end up with a state of their own to fulfill their own national aspirations.
Zeev |
