why was it necessary to make this decision now? What was the L.Party hoping to accomplish? Did they think they were generating a lot of good will?
It's just words, so there is no immediate consequence, but it's kind of an expression where things stand now. Which is: while there was some time ago a prospect of Palestinian autonomy headed by Palestinian Authority turning into an independent Palestinian State, this prospect no longer exists.
Joe, I understand that they are just words and the truth is the Likud party has never favored an independent Palestinian state so this vote is not anything new. However, its the timing of this vote just as things were starting to calm down after a lot of work on the part of other countries including the US. And this is not just about getting at the Palestinians........ Ehud Netanyahu is getting his bid ready for Sharon's office, and he wants to fukk with Sharon and embarrass him. In other words, its about internal Israeli politics as much as it is about Israeli and Arab relations........and its BS.
I am not quite sure how Bush imagines this Palestinian state.
Forget about how he imagines a Palestinian state......this move on the part of one of Israel's major parties pretty much deep sixes America's Mideast policy. I am not sure what anyone can do it at this point.
I didn't take any polls, but my impression is that there is close to zero percent support for Palestinian state inside Israel, and Likud leadership is not out of step with the country. I think what Sharon would have preferred was for his party to keep quiet, and just pay lip service to the "peace process", while fully knowing it is dead. Kind of like Clinton and Kyoto treaty. Clinton knew it was dead in the Senate, but kept paying lip service to it, to keep the Eurocrats content.
If Israel is not serious about the peace process and I suspect you are right, then I think the US needs to pull back its support. Israel is entitled to her independence but not at our expense.
If it weren't for the fact that what happens in the Mideast could screw up things here, I would say ignore them, cut off all aid to both of them, and let them duke it out. This is becoming "stupid is as stupid does". Like most blood feuds, over time neither side makes much sense.
Agreed. The world is a very small place these days. A friend of mine kept talking about Afganistan (and I mean almost daily), for about a year prior to 9/11. My response was that I feel sorry for the people there, but unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about it, and since they are on the other side of the globe, it's too far to have any impact on us. As we now know, I couldn't be more wrong than I was about this.
Unfortunately, it seems the Palestinians and Israelis don't subcribe to the same thesis.
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