A third way to 'Palestine'
In "A Third Way to Palestine," an article in the new issue of Foreign Affairs, CFR Senior Fellow Robert M. Danin argues that Palestinan nationalism has gone through two stages: armed struggle and negotiations. Now Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has initiated a third, pragmatic stage of Palestinian nationalism by building institutions and counting down to statehood. Danin writes that Fayyad's vision is a promising one, and Israel should help him achieve it.Unfortunately, you can't read the whole thing without being a subscriber, and I'm not one. But I did submit the following question:
Submit a question for Robert M. Danin.
In light of the Palestinians not making a single concession in 17 years on any of the core issues (Jerusalem, borders, security and refugees), in light of the continuing incitement against Israel in the Palestinian Authority-controlled media, and in light of the refusal to confront and dismantle Hamas and the other terror-organizations (including Fatah's own armed wing), why should Israel do anything to facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian state?You should all submit your own questions, so he spends more time answering our questions than theirs (Foreign Affairs is a pretty prominent academic journal).
For that matter, in light of the fact that this week was the second anniversary of the expiration of Abu Mazen's term in office, how does he have any legitimacy to sign ANY agreement on any terms?
It was tough writing 'Palestinian' without scare quotes.
Labels: Abu Mazen, core issues, Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian state, road map, Robert M. Danin
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:46 AM
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