But nor can Israel defeat the militia, either Hamas or Hezbollah. So the problems will continue until someone takes the moral initiative.
Perhaps not without carrying out extreme measures that would cost them even the support of the United States. But yes -- a succesful moral initiative would be in order, you're entirely correct, I think. I would welcome one.
But if Israel provides itself with a moderate government that is willing to produce, say, a two-state solution in good faith, the central problem remains: The man with the gun trumps the man with the piece of paper with the signature on it, because he has the power to break the treaty. A negotiating Israel despairs because they must give land and loose their grasp in exchange for a promise to stop the struggle, which is liable always to be withdrawn, over and over again. That would support what you say about Fatah having to come to the forefront, and furthermore Hamas must restructure its morality; it must compromise on its fundamental good ethics and lay down, grimacing and ashamed, some of its green flags and its copies of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
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Date: 2009-01-08 11:32 pm (UTC)Perhaps not without carrying out extreme measures that would cost them even the support of the United States. But yes -- a succesful moral initiative would be in order, you're entirely correct, I think. I would welcome one.
But if Israel provides itself with a moderate government that is willing to produce, say, a two-state solution in good faith, the central problem remains: The man with the gun trumps the man with the piece of paper with the signature on it, because he has the power to break the treaty. A negotiating Israel despairs because they must give land and loose their grasp in exchange for a promise to stop the struggle, which is liable always to be withdrawn, over and over again. That would support what you say about Fatah having to come to the forefront, and furthermore Hamas must restructure its morality; it must compromise on its fundamental good ethics and lay down, grimacing and ashamed, some of its green flags and its copies of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.