'Father of disengagement' hopes 'Palestinians' won't give in to 'radicals'
The name Dan Schueftan may not ring a bell with many of you, but long time readers may particularly remember him from this post. Scheuftan is the 'father of disengagement,' a man who one day hopes to convince Israelis to unilaterally abandon large parts of the State of Israel to 8th century Arab Muslim savages so as to save it from the scourge of religious Jews.YNet publishes the first part of a two-part op-ed by Scheuftan, in which he seems to be doing some wishful thinking about 'Palestinian' support for terrorism. Survey after survey has shown that most 'Palestinians' support terrorism. Some of them may 'only' support it when the targets are 'settlers' or soldiers (not engaged in battle), but the bottom line is that most of them support it.
Here's Schueftan's wishful thinking:
The essence here is not the violence and demagoguery of the radicals, but rather, the defeatism of the responsible elements. The problem has to do with Palestinian society’s political culture. Had Fayyad and Abbas been able to rely on the support of a responsible public for their constructive policy, they could have isolated the radicals and clung to their path. However, they give in to the radicals, because the public becomes addicted to the false message of those who brought generations of destruction, distress, and impasse upon them.In other words, Scheuftan is arguing that there's a silent majority that favors an accommodation with Israel. As we say in Hebrew, lo dubim v'lo ya'ar - no bears and no forest. Meaning there's no such thing.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:16 PM
2 Comments:
Schueftan is a fool. If there was a silent Palestinian majority for peace and engagement with Israel, Abbas would not have needed to stake out extremist positions and he certainly would not have reversed himself on Goldstone. The truth of the matter is the radicals rule the Palestinian street and for the majority of Palestinians the destruction of Israel remains a desideratum. They will not give it up even if it means giving up a Palestinian state for the foreseeable future. Facts are stubborn things and Schueftan just refuses to acknowledge them.
I think that you misunderstood him.
What he said was that there is an inherent problem with the Palestinian society. Their Addiction to Radicalism, that's why even if the leadership wants a settlement with Israel (a big If) it can not be done.
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